On behalf of Claire Ogley, Head of Campaigns, Policy & Research at The Vegan Society:
"The Human Right to a secure supply of affordable, suitable food, which meets our cultural, religious and philosophical beliefs, has repeatedly been articulated. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and many other treaties and laws clearly set out the right to suitable food. This includes vegans, people holding and practicing the philosophical belief of veganism.
"We have set out in great detail how these Human Rights specifically apply to vegans, through our International Rights Network of legal experts, here: https://www.vegansociety.com/get-involved/international-rights-network/…
"Moreover, many experts have repeatedly presented evidence that plant-based biosphere and food system management – as well as allowing for the restoration and recovery of habitats for free-living animals – is a vital element in ensuring food security for everyone. As just one high level example, "Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems.” Willett W et al. 2019 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)3178… (Summaries in numerous languages also here: https://eatforum.org/eat-lancet-commission/eat-lancet-commission-summar…) sets out why and how a global transformation of the food system is urgently needed.
"As The Vegan Society set out in our COP27 briefing (https://www.vegansociety.com/get-involved/our-work-policy-makers/cop27-…) the Global North including the G7 countries have the greatest responsibility for the current global biodiversity, climate and hunger crises. We set out what this might look like for a typical G7 country, the UK, in our Grow Green series of reports and research: https://www.vegansociety.com/take-action/campaigns/grow-green
"Therefore, the Global North has a global debt that can only be made good by the Global North leading a plant-based food systems transformation. Only then can the Human Right to Food be realised for all, including all cultural and belief-based needs, at all times."
Д-р. A C Baker