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International police cooperation strongly engaged in FIFA World Cup Russia 2018

As usual over the last UEFA and FIFA Cups, national police delegations of the participating countries are invited to take part as a relevant stakeholder in the security arrangements of those competitions.

In the case of FIFA Russia 2018, police delegations from all the 32 participating countries are fully engaged in assisting the Russian police and law enforcement authorities in dealing with groups of supporters coming from all over the world.

Based on the provisions of the Council of Europe Recommendation Rec (2015)1 of the Standing Committee of the 1985 Convention on Spectator Violence, which incorporated the “EU Football Handbook”, the national police delegations carry out two main missions during these events: information exchange on the groups of national supporters, via two liaison officers per country, deployed in the International Police Cooperation Centre (IPCC); and a team of three mobile spotters deployed in the host cities, who interact and facilitate the dialogue with their fans for the benefit of the hosting police forces (see Annex B, Appendix 2, of the Recommendation).

In 2015, in the run-up for the FIFA World Cup 2018, the Russian Federation hosted a monitoring visit of the Standing Committee.

Final report of the visit

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Russia 29 June 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 30 States have ratified the convention and 9 have signed it.

 

 Showcasing the Saint-Denis Convention

Full text of the Convention

Explanatory Report of the Convention

Non-official translations of the Convention

 

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 Marie-Françoise GLATZ, Secretary

 Paulo GOMES, Secretary

 Francesco ZECCHETTO, Assistant

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