The report reviews the most relevant developments in 12 Arab countries, namely Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Sudan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Iraq ,Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Yemen.
The report contains chapters analyzing the performance of the Arab governments within the bodies of the United Nations Human Rights Committee and the Arab League. The report addresses in a separate section the stance of Arab governments from women's rights issues and the progress achieved , how this issue is used to beautify the Arab states’ image in international community and to evade the obligations of democracy and human rights for men and women alike.
The report monitors the massive continued Israeli violations against the Palestinian people particularly by the siege and collective punishment of Gazans and by the brutal aggression against them in Dec 2008/Jan 2009 that has led to the deaths of more than 1400 Palestinians, 83% of them were unarmed civilians, not involved in armed clashes