Kilotest: Diagnoses of ID not unique violation by HTML element 271 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: User may be pointed to the wrong item
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1
• Reported by 3 rule engines (ASLint + Html Checker + HTML CodeSniffer)
• Violations: 16
• Violators: 12

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]/dialog[1]/div[1]/div[2]/form[1]/button[1]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the ID not unique issue for HTML element 271 of the Human Rights Watch contact page.

1. Attribute <code>id="Layer_1"</code> should be unique. It has been defined 2 times.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: duplicated_id_attribute