Kilotest: Violations of role redundant issue for Human Rights Watch page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.hrw.org/
• Tested 2 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

Violators

Here are the HTML elements reported to violate rules belonging to the role redundant issue.

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• Element 970

  • Tag name: MAIN
  • Text: Please rush an urgent gift now to help expose human rights abuses and defend justice. … MAKE A ONE-TIME GIFT
  • Start tag: <main class="main" role="main">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/main[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 0, y = 123, width = 1920, height = 8905
  • Reported by Accessibility Checker + Pour
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 2639

  • 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
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 2716

  • Tag name: NAV
  • Text: Footer menu … Contact UsCorrectionsPrivacy PolicyPermissionsSite MapChild SafeguardingText Version
  • Start tag: <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-hrw-design-footer-menu" id="block-hrw-design-footer">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[2]/footer[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 360, y = 9185, width = 676, height = 48
  • Reported by Accessibility Checker + Pour
  • Take me there
  • What diagnoses were reported?