Kilotest: Diagnoses of aria reference invalid violation by HTML element 162 on Human Rights Watch contact page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.hrw.org/contact-us
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:44 by job 261007T2129-ov7
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 1653
  • Violators: 652
  • Issues: 54
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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: Join Us
• Start tag: <button aria-label="Click to expand Join Us" aria-controls="dropdown-menu_link_content:84b24d98-ad08-4460-bf04-66042e2169be" aria-expanded="false" class="button-chevron flex items-center">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 1054, y = 72, width = 91, height = 30
• Reported by Accessibility Checker

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the aria reference invalid issue for HTML element 162 of the Human Rights Watch contact page.

1. The 'id' "dropdown-menu_link_content:84b24d98-ad08-4460-bf04-66042e2169be" specified for the ARIA property 'aria-controls' value is not valid

   Rule engine: Accessibility Checker (IBM)

   Rule: aria_id_unique