Transforming our world? Strengthening animal rights and animal welfare at the United Nations

Author:

Schapper Andrea1ORCID,Bliss Cebuan2ORCID

Affiliation:

1. University of Stirling

2. Radboud University

Abstract

In this article, we argue that animal rights and welfare are largely neglected at the United Nations (UN) and in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The UN Sustainability Agenda is not transformative because it lacks a serious (re-)consideration of the relationship between human beings, non-human animals and other components of nature. We propose four ways to strengthen animal rights and animal welfare at the UN: (1) we suggest creating a UN organisation working on animal protection, (2) we support earlier ideas to include an additional SDG on animal welfare in the UN Sustainability Agenda, (3) we propose to strengthen animals rights within the rights of nature framework using the UN as a forum to advance non-anthropocentric norms, (4) we recommend introducing procedural rights for animals in projects linked to SDG funding. Our research is based on an integrative literature review and a document analysis of UN documents, declarations and resolutions.

Funder

Royal Society of Edinburgh

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Political Science and International Relations

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