Duty LXD-1878
Ships a consumer interface, in Colombia
Law 1618 of 2013, universal design and reasonable adjustments by the public and private entities in charge of public servicessince 3 lines
Ley Estatutaria 1618 de 2013, art. 14, numeral 1 · Read the law's page
- The Law names no technical standard: Article 14, item 1, sets duties of universal design and reasonable adjustment. Article 31 makes the omission of the Law's obligations a serious disciplinary fault (falta grave) for, among others, State contractors and private persons that perform public functions.
- If you are a private entity in charge of providing a public service, carry out your functions, powers, corporate purposes and all your activities following the principles of universal design, so that no person is excluded or limited in access in conditions of equality, in whole or in part, because of disability (Ley 1618 de 2013, Art. 14(1)).
- Design, implement and finance all the reasonable adjustments needed to meet the purposes of Article 9 of Ley 1346 de 2009 (Art. 14(1)).
Transparency Law, differential accessibility criterion for the information published by the obligated subjects, and accessible electronic mediasince 3 lines
Ley 1712 de 2014, arts. 5 y 8, y Decreto 1081 de 2015, arts. 2.1.1.1.2, 2.1.1.2.2.1 y 2.1.1.2.2.2 · Read the law's page
- If you are a private person that provides a public service, or a political party or movement or a significant group of citizens, publish the related public information in the languages of the communities when their authorities ask, and prepare alternative formats those groups can understand (Ley 1712 de 2014, Art. 8).
- Adapt the media through which you communicate that information so that they make access easier for persons in a situation of disability (Art. 8).
- Make every electronic communication medium you use to disclose that information meet the accessibility directives that the Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies issues (Decreto 1081 de 2015, Art. 2.1.1.2.2.2).
MinTIC Resolution 1519 of 2020, web accessibility at WCAG 2.1 level AA and captioned video for the subjects obligated by the Transparency Lawsince 5 lines
Resolución 1519 de 2020 del Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones, arts. 2 y 3 y Anexo 1 · Read the law's page
- If you are a private person that provides a public service, or a political party or movement or a significant group of citizens, make your web portals and electronic offices meet level AA of version 2.1 of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, in line with Annex 1 (Resolución 1519 de 2020, Art. 3; Annex 1, 1.3); this applies from . A person that provides a public service owes this for the information directly related to that service (Ley 1712 de 2014, Art. 5(c)).
- Apply the Annex 1 accessibility guidelines in every update, structuring, restructuring, design and redesign of those portals and offices, and to the contents already on them (Art. 3; Annex 1, 1.3).
- Include in 100% of your new videos the option of captions or closed caption that the user can switch on; this does not apply to live and direct transmissions (Annex 1, 1.5, item 1).
- Put a link to the site map in the footer of the site, kept up to date so that contents and topics are easy to find, and publish a site map in XML format that search engines can read (Annex 1, 1.6).
- Prepare the word-processor documents, spreadsheets, PDF documents and presentations you publish on those portals following the accessibility criteria of Annex 1, Chapter 3.