Accessibility statement

This is the accessibility statement for the oikeuskansleri.fi website. The Office of the Chancellor of Justice aims to ensure the accessibility of its website in accordance with the Act on the Provision of Digital Services (306/2019). The statement was prepared on 14 February 2022 and it has been updated on 10th October 2024.

We have assessed the accessibility of the website ourselves. The website service provider has also assessed the accessibility of the site.

The website was published on 7 April 2022.

State of accessibility

The website partly meets the A and AA level requirements for accessibility (WCAG 2.1 or Web Content Accessibility Guidelines). This statement describes the main shortcomings in the accessibility of the website.

Inaccessible website content (based on WCAG criteria)

Shortcomings in the accessibility of PDF files

The website contains pdf files published after 23 September 2018 with accessibility deficiencies. The key accessibility deficiencies in PDF files are described below:

  • There are shortcomings in the use of heading styles. Not all headings have been identified as headings using the heading styles. Heading styles may also have been used in the wrong order or only because of visual appearance. (1.3.1. Info and relationships)
  • Link texts may be incomplete. Link texts may not indicate the type of material the link takes the user to. The files may also have links that do not work. (2.4.4. Link purpose (in context)
  • Not all files necessarily have a programmatic structure, which means that screen reader users do not receive information on the structure and reading order of the file. (1.3.1. Info and relationships)
  • The order in which the files should be read has not been verified. (1.3.2 Meaningful sequence)
  • Screen reader users may not be able to access to the file headers and footers, or these may, in certain cases, confuse the order in which the file should be read. (1.3.1 Info and relationships, 1.3.2. Meaningful sequence)
  • There are shortcomings in the file metadata. For example, a heading may not have been given to file properties. (2.4.2 Page titled)
  • Files may contain tables for which no title line has been determined. Files may also contain charts for which there are no text or table counterpart. Chart colours may not meet contrast requirements. (1.3.1 Info and relationships, 1.1.1 Non-text content, 1.4.1 Use of colour, 1.4.11 Non-text contrast)
  • The site contains scanned PDF files that cannot be accessed by a screen reader. (1.3.1 Info and relationships)
  • Some old decisions may contain links that no longer work

We can provide you with the file you need in an accessible format. Contact the registry by email at [email protected].

Did you notice a lack of accessibility on our website?

We will do our best to address any shortcomings in accessibility.  If you noticed a shortcoming in accessibility on our website, you can send us feedback by email at [email protected].

Use this title for your email: Feedback on the oikeuskansleri.fi website. If your feedback concerns the content of a specific page, please include a link to that page in your message. You can also freely describe which page and content your feedback concerns. 

It may take up to 14 days to respond.

Control of accessibility

Under section 12 of the Act on the Provision of Digital Services, the supervisory authority does not have the right to supervise and audit the digital services of the Parliamentary Ombudsman and the Chancellor of Justice of the Government or to issue regulations on them for the purpose of meeting accessibility requirements.