Open AccessHIV/AIDS and the principle of non-discrimination and non-stigmatization
Author(s) -
Volnei Garrafa,
Alcinda Maria Machado Godoi,
Sheila Pereira Soares
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
revista latinoamericana de bioetica/revista latinoamericana de bioética
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2462-859X
pISSN - 1657-4702
DOI - 10.18359/rlbi.965
Subject(s) - dignity , stigma (botany) , declaration , human rights , sociology , social psychology , politics , bioethics , social discrimination , inequality , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , prejudice (legal term) , psychology , theme (computing) , context (archaeology) , gender studies , political science , social issues , law , medicine , virology , geography , mathematical analysis , mathematics , archaeology , psychiatry , computer science , operating system
The text examines the article 11 of the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights of UNESCO that deals with the principle of non-discrimination and non-stigmatization. Both concepts are related to the theme of human dignity, while discrimination is an inherent part of stigma: stigma does not exist if there is no discrimination. In this context, this paper aims to study the relationship between stigma, discrimination and HIV / AIDS. The study argues that to loosen the bonds that hold the subjects that are attached to them is necessary questioning the broader forces - social, cultural, political and economic - that structure stigma, stigmatization and discrimination as social processes directly linked to production and reproduction of structural inequalities.