Kilotest: Violations of z-index not zero issue for Human Rights Watch contact page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.hrw.org/contact-us
• Tested 2 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
• Download the full technical report (JSON)

About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot predict the effect of clicking
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
• Violations: 11
• Violators: 11

Violators

Here are the HTML elements reported to violate rules belonging to the z-index not zero issue.

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• Element 56

  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: العربية … Give Now
  • Start tag: <div class="header-bar hidden xl:flex w-full justify-center relative z-30">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 0, y = 0, width = 1920, height = 123
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 59

  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: العربية … Give Now
  • Start tag: <div class="header-bar__logo block absolute z-10 w-14 h-14 xl:w-24 xl:h-24 xl:relative flex-shrink-0">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 256, y = 16, width = 96, height = 96
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 187

  • Tag name: BUTTON
  • Text: Countries
  • Start tag: <button aria-label="Countries menu" aria-expanded="false" tabindex="0" class="mobile-button-style flex justify-center w-12 border-gray-100 border-t border-b z-20">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/ul[1]/li[1]/div[1]/button[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 194

  • Tag name: BUTTON
  • Text: Topics
  • Start tag: <button aria-label="Topics menu" aria-expanded="false" tabindex="0" class="mobile-button-style flex justify-center w-12 border-gray-100 border-t border-b z-20">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/ul[1]/li[2]/div[1]/button[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 213

  • Tag name: BUTTON
  • Text: Join Us
  • Start tag: <button aria-label="Join Us menu" aria-expanded="false" tabindex="0" class="mobile-button-style flex justify-center w-12 border-gray-100 border-t border-b z-20">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/ul[1]/li[6]/div[1]/button[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 220

  • Tag name: BUTTON
  • Text: About
  • Start tag: <button aria-label="About menu" aria-expanded="false" tabindex="0" class="mobile-button-style flex justify-center w-12 border-gray-100 border-t border-b z-20">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/ul[1]/li[7]/div[1]/button[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 227

  • Tag name: BUTTON
  • Text: Give Now
  • Start tag: <button aria-label="Give Now menu" aria-expanded="false" tabindex="0" class="mobile-button-style flex justify-center w-12 border-gray-100 border-t border-b z-20">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/ul[1]/li[8]/div[1]/button[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 57

  • Tag name: SPAN
  • Text: العربية … Give Now
  • Start tag: <span class="bg-gray-900 absolute h-16 w-full z-n10">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[1]/span[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 0, y = 0, width = 1920, height = 64
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 231

  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: Close … Open the main menu
  • Start tag: <div class="mobile_header__wrapper">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by Testaro
  • Take me there
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 1334

  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: If you have a question regarding your donation, please contact us at +1 212 377 9479
  • Start tag: <div class="block-hrw-row__content text-gray-800 relative z-20 px-12 py-12 " style="color:#e5e5e5;">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/main[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]
  • Bounding box: x = 1242, y = 307, width = 422, height = 351
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 1504

  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: Human Rights Watch cookie preferences … Other options
  • Start tag: <div id="hrw-cookie-dialog" role="alertdialog" tabindex="-1" aria-labelledby="hrw-cookie-dialog__label" aria-describedby="hrw-cookie-dialog__text">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]
  • Bounding box: x = 0, y = 979, width = 1920, height = 101
  • Reported by Testaro
  • Take me there
  • What diagnoses were reported?