What struck me in the past year was how many more journalists were incorporating references to the Geneva Convention and crimes of war into their stories. I noted that in particular in the reporting on Jenin by Marie Colvin of the Sunday Times and Luke Harding of the Guardian. Jon Swain, I believe, also has done that in his reporting.

I am sure that there are many other examples of this but those spring to mind.

John Owen is Professor in International News at City University, London, and a director of the Crimes of War Project.