On February 28, 2024, Gabriela Santos Tacuri and Luis Florian, two students at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM), the most important public university in Peru and the oldest in South America, filed a lawsuit against their university, alleging that the absence of a vegan option in its cafeterias constitutes a violation of their fundamental rights to freedom of conscience, equality and non-discrimination, personal identity and free development of personality, and puts their rights to health and sustenance at risk.