Harmonization of Private Law in the Context of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda

Abstract

Sustainable development is a broad concept that encompasses multiple disciplines, law being one of them. Yet within legal scholarship, sustainable development has predominantly been examined through the lens of public law and environmental law. According to the United Nations' 2025 progress report on the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, sufficient progress has not been achieved on many goals, while some have even seen regression. This shortfall suggests that the sustainable development agenda calls for a wider perspective. This study examines sustainable development in relation to the harmonisation of private law, arguing that selected instruments developed by organisations such as UNIDROIT, UNCITRAL, HCCH, ICC, EBRD and OHADA — instruments that serve the harmonisation of private law — can also make indirect yet structural contributions to the sustainable development goals. As 2030 draws closer, it is clear that this subject will attract increasing attention. This study seeks to bring private law and its harmonisation dimension into that conversation.

Keywords

• harmonisation of private law
• sustainable development goals
• 2030 agenda
• United Nations
• globalisation

Ethical Statement

The author declares no conflict of interest.

BİRLEŞMİŞ MİLLETLER 2030 SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR KALKINMA GÜNDEMİ BAĞLAMINDA ÖZEL HUKUKUN UYUMLAŞTIRILMASI

Abstract

Sürdürülebilir kalkınma birçok disiplini içine alan geniş kapsamlı bir kavramdır. Pek tabii ki bu disiplinlerden biri de hukuktur. Fakat hukuk doktrininde sürdürülebilir kalkınma çoğunlukla çevre hukuku ve kamu hukuku açısından ele alınmış ve tartışılmıştır. Birleşmiş Milletler'in 2030 sürdürülebilir kalkınma gündemine ilişkin 2025 tarihli gelişme raporuna göre birçok hedefe ilişkin yeterli gelişme sağlanamamış, bazılarında ise gerileme yaşanmıştır. Bu yetersizlik, sürdürülebilir kalkınma gündemine daha geniş bir perspektiften bakılması gerektiğine işaret etmektedir. Bu çalışmada sürdürülebilir kalkınma kavramı özel hukukta uyumlaştırma ile ilişkisi bağlamında ele alınmış ve UNIDROIT, UNCITRAL, HCCH, ICC, EBRD, OHADA gibi kuruluşların özel hukukta uyumlaştırmaya hizmet eden seçili araçlarının aynı zamanda sürdürülebilir kalkınma hedeflerine de dolaylı fakat yapısal katkılar sunabileceği tartışılmıştır. 2030'un giderek yaklaştığı şu günlerde bu konunun daha fazla tartışılacağı aşikardır. Bu çalışma, özel hukukun da söz konusu tartışmalardaki yerini alması için uyumlaştırma boyutuyla konuyu ele almıştır.

Keywords

• özel hukukun uyumlaştırılması
• sürdürülebilir kalkınma hedefleri
• 2030 gündemi
• Birleşmiş Milletler
• küreselleşme

Ethical Statement

Yazarın herhangi bir çıkar çatışması bulunmamaktadır.

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