Safety, Security and Service: the Saint-Denis Convention

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Back Assessment of the implementation of the Standing Committee Policy Strategy on Spectator Violence (2014-2016)

The document on the assessment of the implementation of the Standing Committee Policy Strategy on Spectator Violence (2014-2016) is now available in our website.

The Standing Committee of the European Convention on Spectator Violence (T-RV) determined that it should deliver a multi-year policy strategy with a view to defining a coherent mid-term road map, having adopted for the first time the policy strategy for 2014-2016.

At the end of this three-year period, the Committee decided to assess the implementation of this strategy.

This document, in addition to recalling the vision of the Council of Europe and the mission statement of the committee, presents a thorough assessment of the 10 strategic objectives that it has pursued during this period.

At its meeting in December 2016, the Committee adopted a new policy strategy for the cycle 2017-2020, again with ten objectives. This strategy will be subject to a mid-term assessment at the next meeting of the Committee, December 2018.

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The Council of Europe Convention on an Integrated Safety, Security and Service Approach at Football Matches and Other Sports Events was opened for signature on 3 July 2016 in Saint-Denis (France), at a UEFA EURO 2016 quarter-final match.

To date 29 States have ratified the convention and 10 have signed it.

Showcasing the Saint-Denis Convention

Full text of the Convention

Explanatory Report of the Convention

Non-official translations of the Convention

What is the purpose of this convention?

This convention builds upon the work done internationally since the adoption of the European Convention on Spectator Violence in 1985.
This Convention is the only internationally binding instrument to establish an integrated approach based on three interdependent pillars: safety, security and service.
Its aim is to go from a violence-focused approach towards an integrated approach based on safety, security and service.
It provides measures based on the highest safety, security and service standards developed in Europe.
It also promotes co-operation between all public and private stakeholders, including supporters, in order to provide a safe, secure and welcoming environment at football matches and other sports events.