AIDS and its connection to the readings thus far.

AIDS

Donnelly's Article, "The Concept of Human Rights" maintains a blurry stance on the definition of a human rights. He does, however, seems to define its difference compared to a legal right. AIDS patients did indeed have discrimination problems in the past, one well-known figure being Ryan White, from Kokomo, Indiana, who received international recognition for his bravery against his injustices. Do these discriminating incidents still happen today? If so, what are the concrete legal rights one can exercise to protect themselves? What about blurry human rights? Are they just as reinforced, or shrugged off in other countries where an illness like this is seen with less sympathy?

Linking this to Franck's article, "Are Human Rights Universal?" where Afghanistan is exemplified as a place with limited human rights, homosexuality, a linked component of AIDS, is widely unaccepted due to the connotations it has with religion. Perhaps cultural relativism is another concept that keeps AIDS from being fully addressed, understood, and treated both medically and socially among parts of the world?