In a seemingly barbaric age, faith in the laws of war are dangerously slipping, Red Cross survey finds

By David Wroe
Updated December 6 2016 - 4:14pm, first published December 5 2016 - 11:00pm
Dr Helen Durham says cynicism is fuelled if people only see when laws are failing, not when they are successful. Photo: Simon Schluter
Dr Helen Durham says cynicism is fuelled if people only see when laws are failing, not when they are successful. Photo: Simon Schluter

It is easy to think that war-fighting is deteriorating into barbarism. The Islamic State's campaign of terror, Boko Haram's sexual violence and use of child bombers, the razing of Aleppo are all playing out in horrific immediacy on social media.