Kilotest: Diagnoses of form submission button missing violation by HTML element 1732 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 easily submit a form
• Priority: high
• Related WCAG standard: 3.2.2
• Reported by 3 rule engines (ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb)
• Violations: 3
• Violators: 2

About the violator

• Tag name: FORM
• Text: Get updates on human rights around the world. … SUBSCRIBE
• Start tag: <form class="follow__subscribe" action="/hrw-newsletter/subscribe" method="post">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 280, y = 5351, width = 887, height = 166
• Reported by HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the form submission button missing issue for HTML element 1732 of the Human Rights Watch page.

1. This form does not contain a submit button, which creates issues for those who cannot submit the form using the keyboard. Submit buttons are INPUT elements with type attribute "submit" or "image", or BUTTON elements with type "submit" or omitted/invalid.

   Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: E-WCAG2AAA.Principle3.Guideline3_2.3_2_2.H32.2

2. [failed] Form tag doesn't contain any of the following elements input[type~='submit image'], button[type='submit'].

   Rule engine: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-WCAG-T19