A/HRC/10/47 page 10 priority groups for HIV-prevention initiatives: homosexuals and other men who have unprotected sex with other men, migrants and their partners from high prevalence countries, injecting drug users, sex workers, clients of sex workers and tourists who frequently visit countries where HIV is endemic and do not use protection. The Penal Code in Switzerland, which criminalizes the transmission of HIV even in situations where HIV is not actually transmitted, is currently under review and is expected to be amended. To address all forms of discrimination, Aide Suisse contre le Sida prepares a biannual report which summarizes incidents of discrimination in the context of HIV and develops recommendations for future action. In the area of development cooperation and humanitarian assistance, Switzerland has supported programmes that promote access to HIV education and information, support and care, voluntary counselling and testing, and sexual and reproductive health. Special consideration is given to the gender dimension of HIV/AIDS and the role that men and boys play in achieving equality between men and women. 24. The Government of Thailand indicated that a number of national laws have been amended in recent years to promote equal partnership between men and women within the household, to prevent sexual violence against women and to improve access to quality health-care services, including HIV treatment and prevention. For example, the amendment of the Criminal Code Act (2007) broadens the definition of rape to include rape by all sexes, all types of sexual penetration, recognizes marital rape and imposes criminal penalties for rape offenders and sexual abuse. The National Act (2007) recognizes that women’s sexual and reproductive health must receive special attention and protection. In addition, Thailand is in the process of drafting an equal opportunity and gender equality act to promote women’s rights and eliminate gender inequality, as well as a reproductive health act to enhance reproductive health services. 25. Thailand’s National Strategic Plan on HIV Prevention and Alleviation (2007-2011) has mainstreamed gender and has focused on enhancing the ability and changing behaviour patterns to enable individuals and their families to protect themselves from and prevent the transmission of HIV; and securing an enabling environment for families, communities and other individuals to protect themselves from infection, stigma, discrimination and to fully participate in all aspects of AIDS prevention. Strategic PMTCT interventions resulted in a decline in the rate of HIV infection in pregnant women from 2.29 per cent in 1995 to 0.76 per cent in 2007. In addition, a programme to promote 100 per cent condom use in commercial sex by empowering sex workers to encourage clients to use condoms reportedly prevented an estimated 5.3 million infections among men and 2 million infections among women between 1990 and 2007. 26. Information provided by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela pointed out that the human rights of people living with HIV are protected by the Constitution. Free treatment for HIV is available and by the end of 2008, 25,627 people had received treatment. A framework and guidelines for the management of antiretroviral treatment have been developed which should enhance the ability of health-care workers to respond to the epidemic. A manual on adherence to HIV treatment has also been developed and significant funding has been allocated to support HIV-prevention initiatives. In November 2008, a seminar on the prevention of HIV was organized with a view to developing guidelines on an HIV-prevention strategy for 2009.