The Swiss Federal Government’s Natural Hazards Portal conforms to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) for accessible Internet services to level AA (double A).
Declaration of conformity with regard to accessibility
This standard is compatible with the eCH-0059 – Accessibility Standard. It guarantees effectively barrier-free website accessibility and compliance with the Swiss Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). The “Access for all” foundation has certified this website in accordance with WCAG 2.1 to conformity level AA:
- Website: Natural Hazards Portal, www.natural-hazards.ch
- Conformity level: AA
- Date: 14 January 2022
- Web technologies which support accessibility: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript
- WCAG 2.1 accessibility guidelines: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/
- Testing organisation: “Access for all” foundation, http://www.access-for-all.ch/en.html
Exceptions
The accessibility of linked PDF documents from third parties cannot be guaranteed. PDF documents which are not accessible are only used in the Natural Hazards Portal if their content is fully accessible in the portal in identical form.
Some features on this website do not fulfil the requirements for an accessible website. These are currently being optimised as part of the revision of the Federal Government's web guidelines and will be implemented on this website at a later date.