Kilotest: Diagnoses of role redundant violation by HTML element 2639 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: Page includes unnecessary code
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 2 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Pour)
• Violations: 5
• Violators: 3

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 = 9028, width = 1920, height = 410
• Reported by Accessibility Checker

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the role redundant issue for HTML element 2639 of the Human Rights Watch page.

1. The explicitly-assigned ARIA role "contentinfo" is redundant with the implicit role of the element <footer>

   Rule engine: Accessibility Checker (IBM)

   Rule: aria_role_redundant