Kilotest: Diagnoses of role assigned instead of implicit violation by HTML element 1382 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 misunderstand the purpose of an item
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
• Violations: 19
• Violators: 19

About the violator

• Tag name: FOOTER
• Text: Get Updates On Rights Issues Worldwide … Human Rights Watch is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit registered in the US under EIN: 13-2875808
• Start tag: <footer class="footer bg-gray-900 text-gray-500 w-full pt-16 pb-32 px-6 xl:px-0" role="contentinfo">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[2]/footer[1]
• Bounding box: x = 0, y = 9915, width = 1920, height = 410
• Reported by Testaro

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the role assigned instead of implicit issue for HTML element 1382 of the Human Rights Watch contact page.

1. Explicit contentinfo role of the element is also an implicit HTML element role

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: role