Accessibility statement for the Oikeus.fi website

The Act on the Provision of Digital Services applies to the Oikeus.fi website. Under the Act, public online services must be accessible, which means that everyone must have equal access to them. As for this website, however, it should be noted that the supervisory authority cannot target supervision and inspections at courts of law or issue regulations concerning their digital services (section 12, subsection 5 of the Act).

This accessibility statement concerns the Oikeus.fi website. This statement describes the website accessibility status and the identified accessibility issues on the website, and provides information on how you can give us feedback on the accessibility of the service.

The Ministry of Justice is responsible for the pages concerning legal aid, financial and debt counselling and public guardianship, while the National Courts Administration is responsible for the pages concerning the courts of law. The National Prosecution Authority, the National Enforcement Authority Finland and the Criminal Sanctions Agency are responsible for their own websites.

Accessibility status

This website meets the accessibility requirements partially.

Non-accessible content and functionalities

The website contains PDF documents published after 23 September 2018 that do not meet the accessibility requirements.

• PDF documents may include images and diagrams that are missing text alternatives. (WCAG 1.1.1)
• PDF documents may have layout issues that hamper screen reader use, such as unnecessary line breaks and headings with no heading levels. (WCAG 1.3.1)
• Table structures in some PDF documents have issues that hamper screen reader use; for example, table structures are used for text layout, there are no programmatically determined column headings, and similar data have been divided into several tables. (WCAG 1.3.1)
• There are no links to the footnotes in the text of some PDF documents, and interpreting them is difficult when using a screen reader. (WCAG 1.3.1)
• There are some colour and contrast issues in some PDF documents. (WCAG 1.4.1, 1.4.3, 1.4.11)
• There are shortcomings in the use of heading levels. Labels are not always programmatically determined. (WCAG 2.4.6, 4.1.1, 4.1.2)
• Forms are not fully accessible.
• There may be shortcomings in the metadata of some PDF documents.

Content not covered by the applicable legislation

The website has content that is not subject to the requirements of the legislation. Such content are files published before 23 September 2018.

Have you noticed any accessibility issues in our digital service?

Please let us know and we will do our best to fix the problem. Send your feedback on accessibility

• to the National Courts Administration (tuomioistuinvirasto.viestinta(at)oikeus.fi) if your feedback concerns the pages of the courts, and
• to the Ministry of Justice (saavutettavuus.om(at)gov.fi) if your feedback concerns any other page on the Oikeus.fi website.

If your feedback concerns the activities of some other judicial authority, the Ministry of Justice will forward it to the right recipient in compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

You can also send a message to the addresses mentioned above if the content you are looking for is not accessible.

Supervisory authority

If you notice any accessibility issues on the website, first send feedback to the site administrator. Please note that it may take up to 14 days for a reply to be sent to you. If you are not satisfied with the reply, or if you do not receive any response within two weeks, you may report this to the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland. More detailed information on how to submit your report and how the matter will be handled is available on the Agency’s website.

However, the Regional State Administrative Agency has no competence to supervise the digital services of courts.

Contact details of the supervisory authority

Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland
Saavutettavuuden valvonnan yksikkö (supervisory unit for accessibility)
www.saavutettavuusvaatimukset.fi
[email protected]
Tel. +358 295 016 000 (switchboard)

We are constantly working to improve the accessibility of our services

We monitor the accessibility of this website and regularly correct any detected shortcomings. We are committed to improving the accessibility of our digital services.

This statement was prepared on 1 February 2021 and was updated 11 March 2024.