2012 Yeabook on Peace Processes covers and analyses all ongoing peace negotiations in the world. It does so through a comprehensive approach to each process that includes in-depth historical backgrounds and annual assessments. Its broad scope reaches exploratory and formalised phases of dialogue. The majority of the negotiations analysed refer to ongoing armed conflicts, although negotiations related to unsolved conflicts that are no longer in phases of open war are also included. The 2012 Yearbook on Peace Processes also includes an assessment of witnesses and overseers in peace negotiations. Due to its scope and approach the yearbook is a reliable and useful source for practitioners, experts and students of peace and conflict worldwide.