The Center is committed to making the history and research it records accessible to as many people as possible, including those who use screen readers, keyboard-only navigation, or enlarged text.
1. Our Aim
- To work towards WCAG 2.1 Level AA (this page describes the current state and known gaps; it is not a claim of conformance).
- Accessibility has particular significance for this website: our historical materials concern the dignity of victims, and accessibility of information is itself part of our ethical requirements.
2. What Is in Place
- Language declaration: pages declare the correct language for each edition (Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English).
- Skip to main content: all three language editions provide a “skip to main content” link, so that keyboard and screen-reader users can bypass the navigation.
- Keyboard operable: site navigation, search and forms can all be operated by keyboard alone; the menu button uses a native button element.
- Screen-reader support: the main navigation carries an accessible label; the menu button exposes its expanded state and target; icon elements are hidden from screen readers and given text alternatives.
- Form feedback: form status areas use a live region so that error and success messages can be announced.
- Page structure: semantic heading levels and main, navigation and sidebar region elements are used.
- Zoom and contrast: body text can be zoomed; text-to-background contrast is set with Level AA as the target (the gold accents are decorative and carry no information) — an item-by-item audit is still under way.
3. Known Gaps
- An item-by-item WCAG audit is still under way: the list above is an inventory of what is in place, not a full statement of conformance; this website has not yet undergone third-party accessibility auditing.
- Image alternative text: alternative text must be confirmed image by image for archive thumbnails and lead images; decorative graphics should be given empty alternative text; this inventory is being refined and will be added to over time.
- Dynamic content: announcements for language switching and for list updates after filtering can be improved further.
- PDF attachments: the accessibility of some archive attachments depends on the source file itself; this website cannot guarantee that their tagging structure is complete.
- Contrast: the contrast of decorative gold when used for text needs to be checked case by case.
4. Feedback
- If you encounter a barrier while using this website, please tell us through “Contact Us”, stating the page address, the assistive technology you use, and the specific problem.
- We will make every effort to improve after verification; where a problem cannot be fixed immediately, we will explain the reason and the expected approach honestly.
5. Scope of This Statement
- This statement describes the accessibility of the parts of this website that we build ourselves; third-party sites reached through external links are outside its scope.
- Date of update: 21 September 2026.