The report consists of two main parts. The first part addresses the human rights situation in the Palestinian Occupied Territory (OPT), while the second part addresses PCHR's activities in 2009. The first section of the report documents war crimes and violations of international law and International Human Rights Law committed by the Israeli occupation forces in the OPT during 2009. It also documents human rights violations and obstacles facing democratization under the rule of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). It further presents recommendations to the international community and to PNA. The second section of the report reviews the activities of PCHR's various units, including PCHR's participation in international conferences and meetings, PCHR's meetings with international delegations and representative, PCHR's meetings with the media as well as publications issued by PCHR during 2009. 

The report is published in both Arabic and English and is distributed widely on the local and international levels. PCHR distributes the report to civil society organizations, local and international human rights organizations, governmental institutions, diplomatic missions, UN agencies as well as to journalists and media outlets. 

In addition to the report, PCHR has prepared a summary of the report in Arabic and English. This summary is attached to the electronic copy of the annual report at www.pchrgaza.org. In the near future, PCHR will publish the report in hard copy.

It should be noted that PCHR's annual report contributes to raising awareness of the human rights conditions in the OPT and is the result of work over the course of an entire year. Based on its legal status as a not-for-profit non-governmental organization providing free services, and its commitment to transparency, PCHR considers this report an obligation to Palestinian society.