Kilotest: Diagnoses of h1 not 1st heading violation by HTML element 2783 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: User cannot understand the topic of the page
• Priority: high
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Alfa)
• Violations: 1
• Violators: 1

About the violator

• Tag name: HTML
• Text: [not applicable]
• Start tag: [not obtained]
• XPath: /html
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by Alfa

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the h1 not 1st heading issue for HTML element 2783 of the Human Rights Watch page.

1. The document does not start with a level 1 heading

   Rule engine: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r61