Kilotest: Diagnoses of heading structure illogical violation by HTML element 118 on Freedom House page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://freedomhouse.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:42 by job 261007T2129-kjk
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 1243
  • Violators: 363
  • Issues: 64
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Helper misdescribes the page
• Priority: low
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 2 rule engines (ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer)
• Violations: 4
• Violators: 3

About the violator

• Tag name: NAV
• Text: Primary Navigation … Policy Recommendations
• Start tag: <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-primarynavigation-menu" id="block-primarynavigation" data-block-plugin-id="system_menu_block:primary-navigation" class="block block-menu navigation menu--primary-navigation">
• XPath: /html/body/div[2]/header[1]/div[3]/div[1]/nav[1]
• Bounding box: x = 575, y = 40, width = 722, height = 103
• Reported by ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the heading structure illogical issue for HTML element 118 of the Freedom House page.

1. Expected <code><h2 class="visually-hidden" id="block-primarynavigation-menu">Primary Navigation</h2></code> to be <code><h1></code>

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: headings_hierarchy