The conference titled “The Future of the Rules-Based Order on the 80th Anniversary of the United Nations”, which aimed to open a discussion on the current functioning and future of the international legal system within the framework of the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations, was held on Wednesday, 3 December 2025, at the Ziraat Bank Conference Hall. The event was hosted by the Department of International Law of our Faculty and was carried out with the participation of the Head of the Department of International Law, Asst. Prof. Dr. Miray Azaklı Köse, the Head of the Department of Constitutional Law, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Tümay, as well as our faculty members and students.
At the meeting moderated by Lecturer Dr. Büşra Balat, Prof. Dr. Kaya began his speech by stating that international law emerged as a form of European public law regulating the relations among European states. He then explained the process that paved the way for the establishment of the League of Nations and subsequently the United Nations, highlighting key developments in the evolution of international law such as the decolonization process, the acceptance of the principle of sovereign equality of states as a fundamental norm in response to the growing need for international cooperation after the First and Second World Wars.
Within the framework of the developments achieved in the field of human rights following the establishment of the UN, he also addressed the progress brought about by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, known as the twin covenants. In this context, he evaluated the challenges currently faced by the rules-based international legal order established under the UN Charter in the face of widespread human rights violations occurring in different parts of the world. By focusing on the impacts of the system’s successes and failures, he emphasized that the rules-based order has been operated in the opposite direction by its very founding actors.
During the question-and-answer session, the effectiveness of international legal institutions was discussed in the context of the crimes committed by Israel in Palestine. While the role and importance of the United Nations’ activities in the international arena were emphasized, particular attention was drawn to the reluctance and inadequacy of the five permanent members of the Security Council in ensuring justice at the international level. The need for reform of the UN Security Council was repeatedly underlined in order to prevent the wide range of human rights violations taking place in various regions of the world.
The program concluded with the presentation of a gift by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Tümay.
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