In 1999 Stanton founded Genocide Watch, a non-governmental organization campaigning against genocide based in Washington, D.C.. Genocide Watch is the chair and coordinator of the Alliance Against Genocide, which includes 70 organizations in 24 countries, including the Minority Rights Group, the International Crisis Group, the Aegis Trust, and Survival International. Its board of advisers includes former commander of United Nations peacekeeping forces in Rwanda Roméo Dallaire, former Nuremberg Prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz, former US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power., and former UN Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng.