This method is not infallible, but the global scorecard since 1945 is not entirely discouraging: about two dozen successes; three failures (India, Pakistan, Israel); five problem arsenals born in the Cold War and complicated by Great Power competition (the United States, Russia, China, France, and Britain); and two cases-in-progress, North Korea and Iran.
Are any cases in progress?
Only 35 of those are understood to have cases in progress, taken up by different voluntary organisations with the Home Office.
Charities have identified more than 200 who are still waiting in the camps, with only 35 of them understood to have cases in progress.
Transplant nurse Lisa Burnapp, of the British Transplantation Society's (BTS) standards committee, said: "I'm aware of around 20 cases in progress right now.
The court found that by speaking repeatedly and candidly to the media about the case, Judge Jackson violated three longstanding ethical precepts for judges that prohibit commenting on cases in progress.
They point out that, although all eight sets of cases in progress are African, five were initiated by African governments themselves, and two (concerning Sudan and Libya) were referred to the court by the UN Security Council.
"The lawyer has the right to bring a case even if the evidence is to be developed while the case is in progress," Mr. Golub said.
In a thinly populated Bronx courtroom, a plain vanilla drunken driving case was in progress.
Mr. Levin said that he preferred not to comment on the charges against Mr. Lopez given that the case was in progress.
