Vegetarian and vegan rights in Europe: chickening out or egging them on?

The recognition of vegetarianism as a protected belief under equality legislation in the UK was denied by an employment tribunal judge in 2019. The judge in question treated vegetarianism as if it were frivolous and whimsical and compared it negatively with veganism. The following year he recognise...

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Autor principal:	Maureen O'Sullivan García
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN ES
Publicado:	Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Dret 2020
Materias:	Vegetarian vegan European Convention on Human Rights equality legislation UK Ireland. Animal culture SF1-1100 Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence K1-7720
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/bba3c8361058466bb2af0e8104464906
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bba3c8361058466bb2af0e81044649062021-11-27T08:41:32ZVegetarian and vegan rights in Europe: chickening out or egging them on?10.5565/rev/da.5172462-7518https://doaj.org/article/bba3c8361058466bb2af0e81044649062020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/da/article/view/517https://doaj.org/toc/2462-7518 The recognition of vegetarianism as a protected belief under equality legislation in the UK was denied by an employment tribunal judge in 2019. The judge in question treated vegetarianism as if it were frivolous and whimsical and compared it negatively with veganism. The following year he recognised veganism as a protected belief, which diverges from the norm of protecting both of these beliefs under the same legislative provisions. This article examines a selection of European cases starting in Ireland in the late nineteenth century in which vegetarianism was familiar, respected by eminent courts and protected without much fuss. The purpose is to demonstrate that the tribunal judge erred and that the pending appeal should be successful, failing which legislative intervention may be necessary. Maureen O'Sullivan GarcíaUniversitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Facultat de DretarticleVegetarianveganEuropean Convention on Human Rightsequality legislationUKIreland.Animal cultureSF1-1100Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. JurisprudenceK1-7720ENESDerecho Animal, Vol 11, Iss 4 (2020)
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topic	Vegetarian vegan European Convention on Human Rights equality legislation UK Ireland. Animal culture SF1-1100 Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence K1-7720
spellingShingle	Vegetarian vegan European Convention on Human Rights equality legislation UK Ireland. Animal culture SF1-1100 Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence K1-7720 Maureen O'Sullivan García Vegetarian and vegan rights in Europe: chickening out or egging them on?
description	The recognition of vegetarianism as a protected belief under equality legislation in the UK was denied by an employment tribunal judge in 2019. The judge in question treated vegetarianism as if it were frivolous and whimsical and compared it negatively with veganism. The following year he recognised veganism as a protected belief, which diverges from the norm of protecting both of these beliefs under the same legislative provisions. This article examines a selection of European cases starting in Ireland in the late nineteenth century in which vegetarianism was familiar, respected by eminent courts and protected without much fuss. The purpose is to demonstrate that the tribunal judge erred and that the pending appeal should be successful, failing which legislative intervention may be necessary.
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title	Vegetarian and vegan rights in Europe: chickening out or egging them on?
title_short	Vegetarian and vegan rights in Europe: chickening out or egging them on?
title_full	Vegetarian and vegan rights in Europe: chickening out or egging them on?
title_fullStr	Vegetarian and vegan rights in Europe: chickening out or egging them on?
title_full_unstemmed	Vegetarian and vegan rights in Europe: chickening out or egging them on?
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publisher	Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Dret
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Vegetarian and vegan rights in Europe: chickening out or egging them on?

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