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The “Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in Employment and the Protection of Personal Data,” organized in collaboration with the Personal Data Protection Authority and Ibn Haldun University, will be held in a hybrid format on December 3–4, 2026. The symposium will address current issues arising from AI-based systems in employment processes—such as the protection of personal data, privacy, discrimination, transparency, and accountability—through an interdisciplinary approach. Abstracts may be submitted in Turkish or English.

In the twenty-second session of the “Decent Work Series” organized by Ibn Haldun University UHAM; the basic principles of trade unions law, the role of trade union rights in working life, comparative legal approaches in Turkish and German law, and the role of trade unions in achieving decent work and Sustainable Development Goals were comprehensively discussed.

In the twenty-third session of the “Decent Work Series” organized by Ibn Haldun University UHAM; the protection of employee personal health data in employment relationships, recent legal regulations, the limits of explicit consent in asymmetric employment relationships, the legal status of workplace physicians, the confidentiality of health data in personnel files, and wearable technologies alongside AI-assisted OHS applications were comprehensively discussed from a “decent work” perspective.

In the 21st session of the “Decent Work Series” organized by Ibn Haldun University UHAM; the place of digital labor platforms in the labor market, the precariatization (precariousness) and algorithmic management challenges faced by platform workers, and current legal approaches to the presumption of employment status in national and international legislation were comprehensively discussed from a “decent work” perspective.

In the second session of the “Decent Work - Young Perspective Series” organized by Ibn Haldun University UHAM, the processes of precariousness (precariatization) in the legal profession, socio-economic challenges faced by lawyers, and the impacts of digital transformation were comprehensively discussed from a “decent work” perspective.

The first session of the "Decent Work - Young Perspective Series," launched by Ibn Haldun University UHAM to bring visibility to the work of young researchers and academics, was held. During the event, the obligations of the parties in recruitment processes, the scope of the employer's right to ask questions to candidates and the exceeding of these limits, the worker's right to lie, along with the privacy of private life and the prohibition of discrimination, were comprehensively discussed.

In the twentieth session of the "Decent Work Series" organized by Ibn Haldun University UHAM, the collective action right of workers and trade union freedoms were discussed comprehensively in light of recent Constitutional Court decisions and the "decent work" perspective.

In the new term of the "Decent Work Series" organized by Ibn Haldun University UHAM, the protection of the employee's private life in light of Constitutional Court decisions, the balance between the employer's management right and the employee's right to privacy, and current legal approaches shaped by the "decent work" perspective were discussed in a comprehensive manner.

“Edited by Prof. Dr. Yeliz Bozkurt Gümrükçüoğlu, Asst. Prof. Dr. Gülnihal Ahter Yakacak, and Res. Asst. Abdülmecit Güldağı, “Decent Work Series – Vol. 2” has been published. Addressing the concept of “twin transition,” the intersection of digitalization and green transformation as the most critical dynamics of the 21st century, the work has been made available via open access by Ibn Haldun University.”

In a panel organized by the Ibn Haldun University Center for International Law and Human Rights Implementation and Research (UHAM), the transformation of artificial intelligence, culture, and norms was discussed in the process extending from the cultural genealogy of law to algorithmic justice. Held with the participation of the editors of the book "Law and Culture: Intersection and Interaction Lines," the event explored the transformative impact of technology on law and culture.

In the "Decent Work Series" organized by Ibn Haldun University UHAM, the topic of "Invisible Human Labor: Kidfluencers and Digital Child Labor" was addressed. The event evaluated the "kidfluencer" phenomenon, a new manifestation of child labor in the digital age, from national and comparative law perspectives, and discussed the problems it poses in the context of child labor, labor law, and children's rights.

In the seventeenth session of the 'Decent Work Series,' organized by Ibn Haldun University UHAM, [which was] the event titled 'Social Security in the Shadow of the Climate Crisis: New Risks, New Safeguards,' the new risks faced by social security systems due to the climate crisis and the new safeguard mechanisms that must be developed against these risks were examined from the 'decent work' perspective.

In the event titled “The Transformation of Working Life within the Framework of Climate Change, Climate Law, and Labour Law,” organized by Ibn Haldun University UHAM, the impacts of the climate crisis on working life, the need for new regulations, and the transforming labor law agenda from a 'decent work' perspective were comprehensively examined.

In the XV session of the “Decent Work Series” organized by Ibn Haldun University UHAM, the opportunities presented by the phenomenon of telework and the risks it entails in this era of accelerated digitalization were examined from the perspectives of labor law and human rights. The impact of this new model on the decent work principle was comprehensively evaluated.

In the 14th session of the “Decent Work Series” organized by Ibn Haldun University’s Center for International Law and Human Rights (UHAM), the relationship between a just transition and collective bargaining within the green transformation process was discussed in the context of sustainable development goals.

The twelfth session of the "Decent Work Series," organized by the Center for International Law and Human Rights Practice and Research (UHAM) at Ibn Haldun University, addressed family-friendly labor law practices from both national and international perspectives.

In the fifth session of the Intellectual Interaction Meetings, our Center Director Dr. Gülnihal Ahter Yakacak evaluated current debates on children's presence in the digital world.

In the tenth session of the Decent Work Series, the concept of fair wage was discussed in both legal and social contexts, with a focus on its role in achieving social justice.

In the ninth session of the Decent Work Series organized by UHAM, workers’ right to have a say and the prohibition of discrimination in recruitment were discussed.

UHAM held the "Women's Rights Panel: Equality, Justice, and a Look into the Future" event on March 13, 2025.

As the International Law and Human Rights Center (UHAM) of Ibn Haldun University, we successfully completed 8 events in 2024 as part of the Decent Work Series, which we launched in July.

UHAM held the final session of the Decent Work Series under the title "Working and Rest Hours of Seafarers: Decent Working Conditions Within the Framework of MLC and the Maritime Labor Law from an Occupational Health and Safety Perspective."

The Introduction of the Turkey Human Rights and Equality Institution (TİHEK) Report on Human Rights Violations in Palestine and Gaza Genocide Was Held at Our University.

The seventh session of the Decent Work Series organized by UHAM was held under the title Violation of the Age Discrimination Prohibition in Employment Relations.