Kilotest: Diagnoses of presentation element has child violation by HTML element 2100 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: Keyboard-only user cannot reach an item intended to be reachable
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 1 rule engine (HTML CodeSniffer)
• Violations: 5
• Violators: 5

About the violator

• Tag name: UL
• Text: UNITED NATIONS … July 24, 2026
• Start tag: <ul class="splide__list" id="topics--carousel-list" role="presentation" style="transform: translateX(0px);">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 240, y = 7536, width = 1400, height = 571
• Reported by HTML CodeSniffer

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the presentation element has child issue for HTML element 2100 of the Human Rights Watch page.

1. This element's role is "presentation" but contains child elements with semantic meaning.

   Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: E-WCAG2AAA.Principle1.Guideline1_3.1_3_1.F92,ARIA4