Kilotest: Diagnoses of aria reference invalid violation by HTML element 163 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: 1.3.1
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Accessibility Checker)
• Violations: 5
• Violators: 5

About the violator

• Tag name: BUTTON
• Text: About
• Start tag: <button aria-label="Click to expand About" aria-controls="dropdown-menu_link_content:1e9465e3-d8ab-4c32-9a9d-931a2f8f2ee6" aria-expanded="false" class="button-chevron flex items-center" data-event-action="Main navigation" data-event-name="About">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 1186, y = 72, width = 78, height = 30
• Reported by Accessibility Checker

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the aria reference invalid issue for HTML element 163 of the Human Rights Watch page.

1. The 'id' "dropdown-menu_link_content:1e9465e3-d8ab-4c32-9a9d-931a2f8f2ee6" specified for the ARIA property 'aria-controls' value is not valid

   Rule engine: Accessibility Checker (IBM)

   Rule: aria_id_unique