Kilotest: Diagnoses of link href missing violation by HTML element 1293 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: Helper cannot properly explain a link to a user
• Priority: low
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 3 rule engines (ASLint + Html Checker + Testaro)
• Violations: 7
• Violators: 6

About the violator

• Tag name: P
• Text: Address: … Email: belgium@hrw.org
• Start tag: <p>
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 256, y = 8529, width = 339, height = 150
• Reported by ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the link href missing issue for HTML element 1293 of the Human Rights Watch contact page.

1. Missing attribute <code>href</code> on link. The user cannot navigate to this element using the keyboard. A better option here is to use a <code><a></code> element instead.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: missing_href_on_a