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Accessibility

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf strives to make its websites accessible in compliance with the national legislation implementing Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

This accessibility statement applies to https://www.hhu.de.

Status of compliance with requirements

The website https://www.hhu.de is partially compliant with the

  • Act on Equal Opportunities for Disabled Persons of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Behindertengleichstellungsgesetz Nordrhein-Westfalen – BGG NRW) and the 
  • Ordinance of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Creation of Barrier-Free Information Technology (Barrierefreie-Informationstechnik-Verordnung Nordrhein-Westfalen – BITV NRW).

This statement was prepared on the basis of a self-assessment. A BITV test and resultant measures will follow shortly.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 21 September 2020.

Feedback and contact details

Have you discovered any cases where content on this website does not comply with accessibility requirements? If so, please contact us. Please write to the central online editorial office of the Press and Communications Unit at .

Enforcement procedure

If you do not receive a satisfactory response to your notifications or inquiries about barrier-free information technology on the www.hhu.de website from the online editorial office, you can contact the Ombudsman’s Office for Barrier-Free Information Technology. With the involvement of all concerned, the Ombudsman’s Office will attempt to identify the circumstances of the accessibility issues to enable those responsible to eliminate them.

The Ombudsman’s Office reports to the Commissioner for Matters relating to Disabled Persons pursuant to Section 11 of the Act on Equal Opportunities for Disabled Persons of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and can be contacted as follows:

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