Accessibility Statement

This statement covers the website of Völkerrechtsblog and concerns the articles published on the website, the archive of publications posted on it, audio and video publications on the blog’s website as well, as embedded/external content.

Accessibility Standard

The website is run by the Editorial Team of Völkerrechtsblog. The Team wishes as many people as possible to be able to use the site and are committed to ensuring digital accessibility for as many people as possible. To this end, Völkerrechtsblog has received a dedicated grant for its project that aims to transform the blog into a sustainable open science hub, within the DFG’s ‘Infrastructures for Scientific Publishing’ programme. More specifically, through this programme the blog has received funding to inter alia expand the use of technological developments to enhance the accessibility of its content for as many people as possible, especially for those with disabilities. The blog’s Innovation Officer is responsible for implementing this part of the project.

Throughout the duration of this project, which started in November 2025, Völkerrechtsblog aims at rendering its website fully compliant with the standard WCAG 2.2 Level AA.

Current Compliance Status

At the time of drafting this statement, the Völkerrechtsblog website is partially compliant with WCAG 2.2 Level AA standard. For example, that means you should be able to navigate most of the website using just a keyboard and access transcripts or descriptions in some audio posts published on the blog.

Known Accessibility Barriers

At the same time, we are aware that some parts of this website are not fully accessible. Our internal assessment has identified in particular the following barriers:

• you cannot change colours, contrast levels and fonts

• you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text

• most videos featured on the blog’s website do not have captions and do not include descriptions

• most podcast episodes featured on the blog’s website do not have captions

• most audio content featured on the blog’s website does not have text transcripts or descriptions

• the website provides an HTML audio player with volume controls, but by using solely keyboard one cannot really start the audio player

• the images on the site do not have alt text

• we have an archive/database of articles with filtering functionality, but the relevant search feature on our homepage cannot be accessed solely using one’s keyboard

Third-Party Content

Völkerrechtsblog contains links to, and in some cases embeds or displays content provided through third-party platforms and services. This may include external publication repositories, video and audio platforms, digital books and other websites or services.

We cannot guarantee the accessibility of content or functionality provided by such external websites and services. Where we become aware of accessibility barriers in third-party content that is essential to accessing information published through Völkerrechtsblog, we will seek to provide an accessible alternative or otherwise assist users in accessing the relevant content, including by reporting identified accessibility barriers to the relevant provider and urging them to assist users to properly access their content.

Assessment Methodology and Date of Accessibility Statement

The present statement was prepared by Völkerrechtsblog’s Innovation Officer, Spyridoula Katsoni, with the assistance of other members of the blog’s Editorial Team, on 28.09.2026. The assessment of the blog’s accessibility was done manually by the drafter of the present statement. An updated version of the present statement will be uploaded once all or at least most of the envisaged changes to the blog’s website for its full compliance with the standard WCAG 2.2 Level AA.

In any case, an updated version of the present statement depicting the progress that will have been made in the meantime will be issued by the end of 2027.

Feedback and Complaint Submission Guidelines

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website.

If you wish to report any issues with inaccessible content, provide feedback or submit a complaint about the accessibility of content published on our site and content accessibility, please contact us by emailing the blog’s Editors-in-Chief at editors-in-chief@voelkerrechtsblog.org.

We will consider your request and get back to you within 15 working days.

In cases of inaccessible content, we will seek to provide an accessible alternative promptly.