Kilotest: Diagnoses of role invalid violation by HTML element 1916 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 get help on the nature of an item
• Priority: high
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Axe)
• Violations: 20
• Violators: 20

About the violator

• Tag name: LI
• Text: AFRICA … October 1, 2026
• Start tag: <li class="splide__slide is-active is-visible" id="regions--carousel-slide01" role="tabpanel" aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="1 of 6" style="width: calc(25%);">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 240, y = 6849, width = 350, height = 547
• Reported by Axe

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the role invalid issue for HTML element 1916 of the Human Rights Watch page.

1. ARIA role should be appropriate for the element; ARIA role tabpanel is not allowed for given element

   Rule engine: Axe (Deque)

   Rule: aria-allowed-role