Kilotest: Diagnoses of svg image not named violation by HTML element 1091 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 understanding an image
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.1.1
• Reported by 2 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + ASLint)
• Violations: 56
• Violators: 56

About the violator

• Tag name: BUTTON
• Text: Previous
• Start tag: <button type="button" id="latest-news--carousel" data-component-id="hrw_components:button" class="hrw-button splide__arrow splide__arrow--prev" aria-label="Go to last slide" aria-controls="latest-news--carousel-track">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 844, y = 1096, width = 24, height = 24
• Reported by ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the svg image not named issue for HTML element 1091 of the Human Rights Watch page.

1. The element <code>svg</code> does not have an accessible description. Use one of the following solutions to describe element purpose: <code><title>, <desc>, <text>, aria-label, aria-labelledby, aria-describedby, aria-roledescription</code>. For decorative purpose add an attribute <code>role="presentation"</code>.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: accessible_svg