A/HRC/10/47 page 7 11. Information provided by the Government of Guatemala indicated that the HIV epidemic is concentrated in defined subpopulations. The national strategy that has been developed is intended to prevent the spread of HIV in the general population and focuses on prevention in the most affected provinces. In addition, a general law was passed in 2000 on HIV prevention and to protect the human rights of people living with HIV. Among other issues, this law makes HIV education, epidemiological surveillance and promotion of the human rights of people living with HIV a requirement, and mandates the creation of a national commission to coordinate the implementation of national policies in the fight against HIV. The main pillars of the National AIDS Strategic Plan (2006-2010) are prevention, access to treatment and behavioural change to reduce risk and vulnerability to HIV. The Plan also focuses on at-risk groups such as sex workers and men who have sex with men. 12. The National HIV/AIDS and STI Strategic Plan (2007-2012) guides the national response to HIV in Jamaica. Information submitted by the Government of Jamaica indicates that addressing human rights issues and the involvement of vulnerable groups is a key policy focus of the Strategic Plan. The prevention component focuses on ensuring the expansion of coverage and empowerment of sexually active individuals including the most-at-risk groups (i.e. men who have sex with men, sex workers, persons in detention and adolescents). The treatment and care component seeks to increase access to antiretroviral therapy, improve quality care and strengthen the health sector. The component on an enabling environment and human rights includes the amendment of existing legislation (such as the Public Health Act), repealing outdated legislation (such as the Venereal Diseases Act, the Quarantine Act, and the Leprosy Act) and the development of new laws to support the national response. Community advocacy and participation of people living with HIV were also highlighted as key features of the national response. To date, some achievements in the human rights arena include the implementation of an HIV/AIDS workplace policy by government ministries and other organizational entities, revision of the health and family life curriculum and policy to deal more effectively with sexuality and HIV/STI prevention, and the proposed establishment of a national HIV-related discrimination reporting and redress system. 13. The Government of Japan provided information on its efforts to promote the elimination of stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV and to raise awareness of HIV. A number of educational programmes for the prevention of HIV have been developed, including the prevention of infectious diseases in the school curriculum and conducting research for the development of instruction manuals on sex education in schools. Japan has also provided funding to support a number of projects focusing on prevention, protection, care and capacity-building of women and girls affected by HIV and AIDS. 14. The contribution from the Government of the Maldives highlighted the fact that their national AIDS programme includes youth-friendly, gender-sensitive awareness-raising initiatives including priority attention to providing age-appropriate sex education; addresses protection from violence, stigma and discrimination in the context of HIV; promotes and protects reproductive rights; and focuses on HIV prevention, information, voluntary counselling, and testing and quality treatment especially for women and girls. In addition, a new labour law was enacted which addresses workplace policies and practices with a view to ensuring human rights protection of employees in the context of HIV.