A/HRC/10/47 page 9 have sex with men, people who use drugs, sex workers and prisoners were indentified as vulnerable populations for which targeted interventions have been developed. Refugees can also receive antiretroviral therapy if they have acquired refugee status. Asylum-seekers can only receive such therapy if they have insurance coverage, they are under the age of 18 or if they are pregnant. 20. In its report, the Government of Serbia provided information on a number of existing laws which concern people living with HIV. A law on infectious diseases requires people with infectious diseases to follow medical orders such as obligatory use of condoms and safe sex to prevent HIV transmission. The health-care law requires people to provide complete information on their health condition to competent health professionals and to follow prescribed therapy written consent is required if a patient wants to stop treatment. This law also permits persons bound by professional secrecy (e.g. doctors) to disclose private information to competent authorities in order to protect the public, and health professionals may disclose information on the HIV-positive status of individuals to adult family members without the consent of the patient, to avoid a health risk to a family member. The 2005 Criminal Code criminalizes the transmission of HIV - this includes negligent transmission and exposure to HIV, regardless of whether the virus has actually been transmitted. To date, only one case for such a criminal offence has been brought to the courts and is still pending; it remains to be seen how the courts will interpret and implement this provision. 21. In Serbia, employers are not allowed to undertake pre-employment HIV testing, but employees have a duty to inform their employers of their HIV status. The non-disclosure of HIV-positive status may be a legitimate ground for requesting a divorce. People living with AIDS or HIV-positive people who develop opportunistic infections are entitled to disability benefits and they may also benefit from social welfare. 22. The Government of Singapore provided information on its national AIDS programme which focuses on prevention and education, detection of HIV-infected cases and managing HIV prevention. Significant funding has been allocated for HIV education for the general public, in the workplace and in schools, as well as for campaigns for at-risk groups such as sex workers and their clients and men who have sex with men. Together with the Singapore National Employers Federation, the Government has developed an HIV workplace policy. HIV is a legally notifiable disease in Singapore but the confidentiality of people living with HIV is protected by law. 23. Information provided by the Government of Switzerland highlighted the fact that the national programme of HIV and AIDS is based on human rights standards as provided for in the Constitution, the European Convention on Human Rights and other applicable international human rights conventions. Heterosexual sex is the main mode of HIV transmission in Switzerland and in the last few years the number of HIV-positive women has increased. HIV interventions are gender-specific and targeted programmes have been developed to reach vulnerable groups such as female migrants and sex workers. A recent study undertaken by the Swiss AIDS Transmission Survey indicates that 61 per cent of all new infections in women take place in stable relationships. Sex education is available for children in school, where gender-specific HIV-prevention messages are promoted. Efforts to combat HIV are based on partnerships with civil society and the national programme on HIV has identified the following