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International Accessibility Laws: America

  • 🇦🇷 Argentina

  • 🇧🇴 Bolivia

  • 🇧🇷 Brazil

  • 🇨🇦 Canada

  • 🇨🇱 Chile

  • 🇪🇨 Ecuador

  • 🇲🇽 Mexico

  • 🇵🇪 Peru

  • 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

  • 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

  • 🇺🇸 United States

  • 🇺🇾 Uruguay

  • 🇻🇪 Venezuela

🇦🇷 Argentina

LAWS IN FORCE

  • National Law on Disability (Ley Nacional de Discapacidad)  Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Law.

REFERENCE STANDARDS

  • IRAM-ISO 17100 and WCAG 2.1 AA

SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

  • ONTI (National Office for Information Technology).

  • National Agency on Disability (ANDIS)

TO WHOM THEY APPLY

  • National government agencies and bodies

  • Companies that offer or subcontract digital goods and services

  • Civil society organizations that receive government grants

SANCTIONS

Fines ranging from 1,000 pesos to 100,000 pesos

🇧🇴 Bolivia

LAWS IN FORCE

  • General Law on the Disabled (Law No. 223)

  • Law on persons with disabilities (Law No. 1678)

REFERENCE STANDARDS

  • WCAG A e AA

SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

Not specified

TO WHOM THEY APPLY

All public entities

SANCTIONS

Not specified

🇧🇷 Brazil

LAWS IN FORCE

  • Decree nº 5,296, 2004

  • Brazilian law on the inclusion of persons with disabilities (Law no. 13,146/2015)

REFERENCE STANDARDS

  • Portaria nº 03, 2007

  • e-MAG - Modelo de Accesibilidad en el Gobierno Electrónico, version 3.0, 2011

CONTROLLING AUTHORITY

The Secretary of Federal Revenue (Secretaria da Receita Federal Brasil).

TO WHOM THEY APPLY

Websites of companies and government entities operating in the country

SANCTIONS

Not specified

🇨🇦 Canada

LAWS IN FORCE

  • "Accessible Canada Act," also known as Bill C-81

  • "Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act" (AODA) Act

  • Law "Accessibility for Manitobans Act" (AMA)

  • "Nova Scotia Accessibility Act," or Bill 59

  • British Columbia Accessibility Act," also known as Bill 6

REFERENCE STANDARDS

  • Suggested EN 301 549 and to comply with the "Guideline on Making Information Technology Usable by All"

SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

Commissioner of Accessibility

TO WHOM THEY APPLY

  • The government of Canada, including government departments, agencies, and Crown corporations

  • private sector parties regulated by the Government of Canada, such as banks, federal transportation network, including airlines, rail, road, and maritime transportation providers that cross provincial or international borders, broadcasting and telecommunications sectors

  • Canadian forces and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

SANCTIONS

The individual penalty may be up to $250,000 per violation

🇨🇱 Chile

LAWS IN FORCE

The "Decreto Supremo 100/2006 del Ministerio de Secretaría General de la Presidencia de la República de Chile" which approves the "Norma técnica para el desarrollo de sitios web de los órganos de la administración del Estado".

STANDARD OF REFERENCE

  • WCAG 2.0

CONTROL AUTHORITY

SENADIS

TO WHOM THEY APPLY

The web sites of governmental entities

SANCTIONS

Sanctions are not foreseen

🇪🇨 Ecuador

CURRENT LAWS

  • NTE INEN-ISO/IEC Standard 40500

  • Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 288

REFERENCE STANDARD

  • NTE INEN ISO/IEC 40500:2012

CONTROLLING AUTHORITY

Consejo Nacional para la Igualdad de Discapacidades (CONADIS)

TO WHOM THEY APPLY

Public and private entities that provide public services

SANCTIONS

Not specified

🇲🇽 Mexico

LAWS IN FORCE

  • General Law for the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (LGIPD).

  • General guidelines for accessibility of telecommunication services.

REFERENCE STANDARDS

  • WCAG AA

REGULATORY AUTHORITIES

Federal Telecommunications Institute (FIT)

TO WHOM THEY APPLY

Public entities, private companies, and individuals who provide services to people with disabilities

SANCTIONS

Unformed information

🇵🇪 Peru

CURRENT LAWS

  • Act No. 29973

REFERENCE STANDARDS

  • Ministerial Resolution No. 126-2009-PCM

CONTROLLING AUTHORITY

The Ministry of Transportation and Communications, in cooperation with the National Council for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities (CONADIS)

TO WHOM THEY APPLY

Public and private entities, institutions of higher education, and any entity, physical or legal, offering consumer information services via the web

SANCTIONS

  • cautionary sanction

  • temporary suspension without pay for up to one month

  • temporary suspension without pay for up to twelve months

  • removal from office

  • fines

The penalty is imposed corresponding to the infraction defined as follows:

  • minor infractions from 1 ITU (fiscal units) to 5 ITUs

  • serious infractions from more than 5 ITUs to 10 ITUs

  • more serious infractions from more than 10 ITUs to 20 ITUs

🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

LAWS IN FORCE

  • Law No. 229 of 2003

  • Law No. 110 of June 27, 2000: known as the "Puerto Rico Digital State Law"

REFERENCE STANDARDS

  • WCAG

SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

Ombudsman for Persons with Disabilities

TO WHOM THEY APPLY

All public entities and institutions in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

SANCTIONS

Penalties of up to $2,500

🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

LAWS IN EFFECT

  • Law 42-00

  • Law on the Equal Rights of Persons with Disabilities 5-13

REFERENCE STANDARDS

  • The NORTIC B2:2017 standard and the WCAG

SUPERVISORY AUTHORITIES

  • Ministry of Information Technology and Communications

  • CONADIS (Consejo Nacional de Discapacidad): National Council on Disability in the Dominican Republic

  • Telecommunications Regulatory Authority

TO WHOM THEY APPLY

All public entities

SANCTIONS

Data not received

🇺🇸 United States

LAWS IN EFFECT

  • Section 508 of Federal Rehabilitation Act

  • Americans with Disabilities Act

  • Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act

REFERENCE STANDARDS

  • WCAG

REGULATORY AUTHORITY

U.S. Access Board, also known as the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board

TO WHOM THEY APPLY

All websites

SANCTIONS

Penalties of up to $110,000. The legislation also provides for the revocation of federal money from delinquent recipients

🇺🇾 Uruguay

LAWS IN FORCE

  • Decree No. 406 of December 22, 2022

REFERENCE STANDARD

  • WCAG

SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

  • AGESIC

TO WHOM THEY APPLY

Central government, local, autonomous, decentralized, and other public entities

SANCTIONS

Information not provided

🇻🇪 Venezuela

CURRENT LAWS

  • Official Gazette Resolution 026 No. 39,633 of 2011.

REFERENCE STANDARDS

  • WCAG

CONTROLLING AUTHORITY

Data not received

TO WHOM THEY APPLY

Bodies and Entities of the National Public Administration

SANCTIONS

Data not received