Accessibility statement

The War Heritage Institute (WHI) commits to making the website accessible, in accordance with the following legislation: Law of 19 July 2018 relating to the accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public sector organisations.

The present accessibility statement applies to:

www.dodengang.be
www.trenchofdeath.be
www.boyaudelamort.be

Compliance level

This website partially complies with accessibility requirements according to the European Directive (EU) 2016/2102.

Preparing your statement

An external accessibility audit was conducted on 19/03/2024. This audit was a simplified analysis. 

• Read the French report.
• Read the Dutch report. 

Inaccessible content

Some pages of the website contain non-accessible content:

• Provide a link title that describes the function of the link for an anchor element
• Use h1-h6 to identify section headings
• Describe field groups using fieldset and legend elements
• Add a link at the top of each page to go directly to the main content area
• Manual test of homepage only

Suggested alternatives

For all specific requests, please contact our team through: com@warheritage.be. There is currently no alternative for the non-accessible content listed above.

Contact data

If you have any questions or thoughts about the accessibility of our site/application, please contact:

You can contact us by filling out the form available under our website’s “Contact” tab. For specific questions, please contact one of the following e-mail addresses:

1. For questions related to accessibility, please contact: com@warheritage.be 
2. For general questions, please contact: info@warheritage.be

If you are not satisfied with the response, you can follow our complaints procedure: 

• By sending an e-mail to: klachten.plaintes@warheritage.be
• Or by sending snail mail to (with your name, address, e-mail address and phone number):

Complaints coordination
War Heritage Institute
Parc du Cinquantenaire 3
1000 Brussels

You will receive an automatic acknowledgment and a personalised response within 30 days.

In case of no response or unsatisfactory response, please contact the Federal Ombudsman:

Federal Ombudsman
Rue de Louvain 48
1000 Brussels
contact@mediateurfederal.be

Improvement plan

A list of corrections to be made will be drawn up based on the audit report.

This statement was prepared on 03/18/2024.

The last review of the statement took place on 27/02/2025.