The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split is obliged to ensure the accessibility of its websites in accordance with the Act on the Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies of the Republic of Croatia (NN 17/19) of 23 September 2019, which transposes Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies into national legislation. This Accessibility Statement applies to the websites within the domain https://www.medhrid.unist.hr/
COMPLIANCE STATUS
The websites of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split are partially compliant with the Act on the Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies. The websites are partially compliant with the EN 301 549 V2.1.2 (2018-08) standard and the WCAG 2.1 Guidelines.
- Accessibility on the website https://www.medhrid.unist.hr/ is ensured by adding accessibility settings. These settings allow the website https://www.medhrid.unist.hr/ to improve its compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and the Accessibility Act. The accessibility menu can be activated by clicking the accessibility icon in the page header. After launching the accessibility menu, please wait a moment for the menu to fully load. Once fully loaded, you can choose between nine available options (increase text size (larger font), decrease text size (smaller font), grayscale, high color contrast, negative contrast, light background, underlined links, readable font (increasing font size to recommended dimensions), and resetting all selected options).
- All pages within the domain https://www.medhrid.unist.hr are adjusted to ensure appropriate contrast between text and background.
- All fonts are also adjusted to scale when the page is zoomed using the zoom function of the selected web browser.
- The main menu can be used with the TAB key on the keyboard.
- Texts are aligned to the left to make reading easier for persons with concentration difficulties.
- The website can be navigated using a keyboard.
- Published texts use fonts that are compatible with screen readers and can be enlarged or reduced via the Accessibility Menu, as well as through free browser extensions that can be installed in web browsers.
- There are no forms or scripts on the site whose execution is time-limited.
- The website is responsive and adapted for display on all devices.
- There is no automatic language switching of text on the site that could confuse users.
- For better readability and easier navigation, special attention has been paid to spacing between elements on the page and consistency of navigation, which can also be further adjusted through the Accessibility Menu.
- The user always knows where they are on the website.
- The website of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split is optimized for newer versions of web browsers:
- Microsoft Edge
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Depending on the browser and the type of assistive technology, minor differences in the display of the website may occur.
INACCESSIBLE CONTENT
Exceptions from compliance with the Accessibility Act, according to the four general accessibility requirements – perceivability, operability, understandability, and robustness – are reflected in the following parts of the content:
- some PDF files contained in publications were not fully created by exporting the source document from Microsoft Office Word with accessibility options selected, but by scanning printed documents, and therefore are not accessible because they are not properly prepared for screen readers;
- some Microsoft Office documents are published in a format that is not readable by screen readers;
- some images do not have an appropriate textual description (alt text);
- some links do not have appropriate descriptions and do not provide clear information about the content they lead to;
IMPROVING THE LEVEL OF ACCESSIBILITY
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split will implement corrective measures, to the greatest extent possible, to resolve issues related to inaccessible content on the website https://www.medhrid.unist.hr/
In the further development of the website https://www.medhrid.unist.hr/ , all other recommendations for improving accessibility will also be implemented, with the aim of raising the level of accessibility to the greatest extent possible.
PREPARATION OF THIS ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT
This Statement was prepared on 13 March 2026, in accordance with the Accessibility Statement Template that complies with Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies, as established by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1523 of 11 October 2018.
The preparation of this Statement was based on a self-assessment carried out by staff of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split, in cooperation with the website maintainers.
FEEDBACK AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Users of these websites are kindly asked to notify the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split if they notice any non-compliant content that is not covered by this statement.
All inquiries related to the accessibility of the website of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split can be sent: via email: nvarezic@ffst.hr
via the contact form on the website or by mail to the address:
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split, Poljička cesta 35, Split
MONITORING PROCEDURE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATIONS
The body responsible for monitoring the compliance of websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies with accessibility requirements and supervising the implementation of the Accessibility Act is the Information Commissioner of the Republic of Croatia.
If users are not satisfied with the response to a notification or request for feedback regarding the accessibility of these websites, they may contact the Information Commissioner by telephone at +385 (0) 1 4609 041 or via email: pristupacnost@pristupinfo.hr.
