Safety, Security and Service: the Saint-Denis Convention

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Sport Conventions Division of the Council of Europe took part, last 31^st January and 1^st February, at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon (Switzerland), in the fourth pan-European safety and security strategy summit organised by UEFA, a common approach on security, safety and service at football matches.

UEFA, in partnership with the Council of Europe and the European Union, delivers these five summits to 55 European countries, having as driver the new Council of Europe Convention on an Integrated Safety, Security and Service Approach at Football Matches and Other Sports Events (CETS Nº 218).

This fourth summit was addressed to eleven European countries: Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Israel, Northern Ireland, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Adrian Dinca, vice-chair of the Standing Committee of the European Convention of Spectator Violence (T-RV) and Paulo Gomes, member of the Sport Conventions Division, represent the Council of Europe in these events.

This week, the fifth and last summit will be delivered to the remaining 11 European countries, in Nyon, Switzerland.

Nyon, Switzerland 31 January - 1 February 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.