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With this publication, the Danish Institute for Human Rights wishes to emphasize the importance of constructing buildings open to the public so that they are accessible to all. At the same time, the Institute wishes to point to some necessary measures so that in the future, everyone can be a part of society.

This publication is aimed at all those who work with accessibility to buildings. This can include people who formulate building policies or people who train those who will work in the building professions.

The Institute hopes that with this publication, all parties can find arguments to help ensure that in the future we will have more accessible buildings.

This publication has its background in a longer report regarding accessibility issues. The report contains a legal analysis of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Danish legislation relating to accessibility. In addition, the report is based on interviews with a number of the key actors implicated in issues of accessibility to buildings in Denmark. The quotations in this booklet stem from these interviews.