Eric Stover

Eric Stover is a prominent human rights researcher and advocate who currently serves as the Co-Faculty Director of the Human Rights Center and Research Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.12

Career Highlights

Stover has had an extensive career spanning over four decades in human rights research and advocacy:

• He began his human rights work as a researcher at Amnesty International in London from 1977-1980.3
• He later served as the Executive Director of Physicians for Human Rights.3
• Since 1996, he has been the Faculty Director of the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley School of Law.3

Notable Contributions

Forensic Investigations:: Stover has led numerous forensic investigations of mass graves and human rights abuses in countries like Argentina, Guatemala, Iraq, Bosnia, Croatia, and Rwanda.12 His work has contributed to war crimes tribunals and bringing perpetrators to justice.

Landmine Research:: His research on the medical and social consequences of landmines in Cambodia helped launch the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997.12

Academic Work:: As a professor at UC Berkeley, Stover teaches courses on human rights, war crimes investigations, and health and human rights.1

Publications

Stover has authored or co-authored several books on human rights issues, including:

• "The Guantánamo Effect: Exposing the Consequences of U.S. Detention and Interrogation Practices"
• "The Witnesses: War Crimes and the Promise of Justice in The Hague"
• "Witnesses from the Grave: The Stories Bones Tell"12

Media Contributions

He has co-produced several PBS documentaries, including "Dead Reckoning: War, Crime, and Justice from World War II to the War on Terror" and "Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten".1

Eric Stover's work has significantly contributed to the field of human rights, particularly in areas of forensic investigations, war crimes, and international justice.