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Accessibility and Usability Statement

DGAJ - Direção-Geral da Administração da Justiça (Directorate-General for the Administration of Justice) undertakes to make website Online Criminal Record available in accordance with Decree-Law No. 83/2018, of October 19th, which transposes Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council, on the accessibility of websites and mobile applications.

I. Compliance status

The Online Criminal Record website of DGAJ - Direção-Geral da Administração da Justiça is fully in compliance with Decree-Law No. 83/2018 of October 19th.

II. Preparation of this accessibility and usability statement

This statement was updated on 2024-11-18.

In accordance with article 9 of Decree-Law no. 83/2018, entities must adopt the monitoring procedures presented below. Procedures A) and B) are mandatory. Procedure C) is recommended.

A. Automatic assessments carried out

  1. (2024-11-18). Report: Automatic Accessibility Assessment - Access Monitor
    • Tool used: AccessMonitor v2.1 (AMA)
    • Sample: 13 pages.
    • Main results (summary): In the sample, which includes the home page and all other pages directly linked to it, totaling 8 (evaluated automatically), an average score of 10 points (on a scale of 1 to 10) was obtained. On the pages that require authentication, totaling 5 (evaluated semi-automatically), an average score of 9.78 points (on a scale of 1 to 10) was obtained, which under normal conditions would be higher (we believe) if the validation could be done automatically. In the report, you will find detailed information and additional notes.
  2. (2024-11-18). Report: Automatic Accessibility Assessment - W3C Markup Validation
    • Tool used: W3C Markup Validation Service
    • Sample: 13 pages.
    • Main results (summary): In the sample, which includes the home page and all other pages directly linked to it, totaling 8 (evaluated automatically), no errors or warnings were found, only some informational notes. On the pages that require authentication, totaling 5 (evaluated semi-automatically), some errors were found, which under normal conditions would not occur (we believe) if the validation could be done automatically. In the report, you will find detailed information and additional notes.
  3. (2024-11-18). Report: Automatic Accessibility Assessment - Rocket Validator
    • Tool used: Rocket Validator
    • Sample: 8 pages.
    • Main results (summary): In the sample, which includes the home page and all other pages directly linked to it, totaling 8 (evaluated automatically), no errors were found. There are only some warnings and moderate issues caused by the development framework and an add-on over which we have no control. In the report, you will find detailed information and additional notes.

B. Manual assessments carried out:

  1. (2024-11-18). Report: "10 Functional Aspects" checklist (compliance 100%)
    • Sample: 13 pages.
    • Main results (heuristics satisfied/total heuristics applied): 21/21
  2. (2024-11-18). Report: "Content" checklist (100% compliance)
    • Sample: 13 pages.
    • Main results (satisfied heuristics/total applied heuristics): 16/16
  3. (2024-11-18). Report: "Transaction" checklist (compliance 100%)
    • Sample: 1 page.
    • Main results (satisfied heuristics/total applied heuristics): 11/11

C. Usability tests with people with disabilities:

The website has not yet been tested with users with disabilities.

III. Contact and request for information regarding the website

To contact, send suggestions, make complaints or request additional information regarding the contents and/or functionalities present on the DGAJ - Direção-Geral da Administração da Justiça website, please use the following means:

Email:
registocriminalonline@justica.gov.pt

IV. Other evidence

The DGAJ - Direção-Geral da Administração da Justiça Online Criminal Record Website is certified with the Silver seal of usability and accessibility. The affixing of the Silver seal means that the Online Criminal Record Website:

  • passes the “Contents” checklist
  • passes the battery of accessibility tests of a commonly used automatic validation tool on the market for ‘AA’ compliance
  • passes the “Transaction” checklist
  • passes the “10 functional aspects” checklist

Other evidence

DGAJ - Direção-Geral da Administração da justiça, regularly makes efforts to make this website compliant with the accessibility requirements set out in Decree-Law no. 83/2018, of October 19th, with the same rigor and criteria used in the design and validation of all pages, whether those that can be automatically validated or those that cannot. The latter, in addition to being validated semi-automatically, are also evaluated through browser add-ons (eg. Axe Accessibility, Access Assistant, etc.)

V. Reporting situations of discrimination

According to number 1 of article 13 of Decree-Law no. 83/2018, of October 19th, whenever a person with a disability is subject to less favorable treatment than the one which currently is, has been or will be given to another person in a comparable situation, which constitutes a discriminatory practice against people with disabilities, provided for and punished under the terms of article 4 of Law no. 46/2006, of 28 August, that person may file a complaint in accordance with the provisions of Decree-Law No. 34/2007, of February 15.

The Instituto Nacional para a Reabilitação (National Institute for Rehabilitation - INR, I.P.), provides a form to report situations of discrimination, forwarding the complaints presented to the competent authorities. Annually, the INR, I.P. draws up an annual report on the application of the law that prohibits and punishes discrimination on grounds of disability and the existence of an aggravated health risk (Law no. 46/2006, of 28 August).

This Accessibility and Usability Statement was created with the help of WAI-Tools PT v1.5 Generator, developed within the scope of the WAI-Tools project, of which AMA is an integral part. The Declaration was designed in accordance with Decree-Law No. 83/2018, of October 19.

Last updated: 2024-10-21