Safety, Security and Service: the Saint-Denis Convention

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Back Council of Europe takes part in 5th UEFA Pan-European Safety and Security Strategy Summit

The Sport Conventions Division of the Council of Europe participated on 6 and 7 February, at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon (Switzerland), in the fifth pan-European safety and security strategy summit organised by UEFA, on a common approach to security, safety and service at football matches.

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

This fifth and last summit was addressed to public and private authorities from ten European countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova and Ukraine.

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

This summit will be followed by a UEFA expert meeting on counter-terrorism, to be held on 1 March in Munich (Germany).

Nyon, Switzerland 6-7 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.