Kilotest: Diagnoses of requirement invalid violation by HTML element 268 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 fail to get help determining whether a form item must be completed
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.5
• Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
• Violations: 2
• Violators: 2

About the violator

• Tag name: FORM
• Text: Search … }
• Start tag: <form action="/sitesearch" method="get" accept-charset="UTF-8" class="mobile_menu__search_form">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/dialog[1]/div[1]/div[2]/form[1]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the requirement invalid issue for HTML element 268 of the Human Rights Watch contact page.

1. The attribute <code>aria-required='true'</code> has a different value than the attribute <code>required=''</code> on this element.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: misused_required_attribute