Stover officially began his human rights work as a researcher at
Amnesty International in London, England, from 1977-1980. During this time, the organization won the Nobel Peace Prize for its "campaign against torture," and the
United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights. Following Amnesty International, Stover became the Director of the Science and Human Rights Program of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1992, Stover served as the Executive Director of
Physicians for Human Rights where he worked on forensic missions to examine mass gravesites for the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia. and Rwanda. While at PHR, Stover performed research on the sociomedical consequences of land mines in war-torn countries such as Cambodia. His research helped launch the
International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which, along with the organization's director, Jody Williams, received the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1997. He has published seven books and numerous reports and articles for press and scholarly publications.
Human Rights Center Stover became the Faculty Director of the Human Rights Center (HRC) at the
UC Berkeley School of Law in 1996, two years after the center was established. The HRC is an interdisciplinary research center which uses science and law to pursue human rights issues. The Human Rights center has conducted investigations or research focusing on
sexual violence,
human trafficking,
torture, public health among vulnerable populations, accountability for war criminals,
child soldiers,
family reunification, and the applications of advanced technologies to human rights work. The Center's reports have examined human rights issues in
sub-Saharan Africa,
Central America and
South America,
Southeast Asia, the
Balkans, the
Middle East, and the
United States. In February, 2015, the Human Rights Center was awarded a grant from the MacArthur foundation's program for Creative and Effective Institutions. ==Awards and honors==