Bruno Meini

Bio: Bruno Meini is an academic researcher from University of Milano-Bicocca. The author has contributed to research in topics: Stigma (botany) & Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 2 citations.

The impact of HIV-related stigma on children orphaned by AIDS or living with seropositive caregivers

Abstract: This paper analyses the effects of HIV-related stigma on children made orphans by AIDS and other children made vulnerable by HIV. HIV-related stigma is usually identified as the process of devaluat...

Rights Relationships and the Experience of Children Orphaned by AIDS

Abstract: The global AIDS pandemic has left more than fifteen million children orphaned. These children constitute one of the most vulnerable populations, yet their situation has received relatively little scrutiny from legal scholars. This Article intends to fill that void by explicating the experience of children orphaned by AIDS, situating it in the broader context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and evaluating protections available under international human rights law. Analyzing human rights law as applied to children orphaned by AIDS exposes the extent to which rights are interrelated, particularly for marginalized populations. In current scholarship, the interrelationship among rights, for the most part, is acknowledged with only passing reference to the idea that civil and political rights and economic, social, and cultural rights are indivisible or interdependent. That rights are interrelated seems to be accepted without objection today but also without further significant analysis. This Article contends that the impact of the relationships among specific rights has not been adequately analyzed but is a necessary step in developing a more precise understanding of the contours of each individual right and the exact nature of the corresponding state obligation. Therefore, this Article analyzes the significance of the interrelationship among specific rights with a view toward identifying the key challenges it raises and the implications of such challenges. Ultimately, a clearer articulation of states' obligations is critical to measuring countries' compliance with human rights law accurately and systematically, and a better understanding of the interrelationship among rights is an essential step toward that goal.

Understanding and challenging HIV stigma. Toolkit for action. A trainers' guide.

Abstract: HIV stigma is rooted in both fear and ignorance. Research has shown that everyone has some information about HIV and AIDS but few have enough information to overcome irrational fears associated with HIV and its transmission. Most people know that HIV can be transmitted through sex but many people still have fears about risk through non-sexual casual contact. For instance they may avoid a fellow bus passenger who is coughing and suspected to be HIV positive for fear of breathing in the virus or they may be fearful of cleaning the bed sheets of someone who is sick at home. This fear of casual contact will often lead to isolation and segregation and PLHIV (or suspected to be living with HIV) may be given separate plates and cups a separate room and so on. (excerpt)