Kilotest: Diagnoses of aria attribute invalid violation by HTML element 915 on Human Rights Watch page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.hrw.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:44 by job 261007T2129-oiq
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 2187
  • Violators: 1149
  • Issues: 65
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Item behavior violates user expectations
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Alfa)
• Violations: 2
• Violators: 2

About the violator

• Tag name: BUTTON
• Text: Search … }
• Start tag: <button type="submit" aria-polite="live" data-component-id="hrw_components:button" class="hrw-button mobile_menu__search_button">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/form[1]/button[1]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by Alfa

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the aria attribute invalid issue for HTML element 915 of the Human Rights Watch page.

1. The attribute is not defined

   Rule engine: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r20