ECRI General Policy Recommendation N°12 on combating racism and racial discrimination in the field of sport - adopted on 19 December 2008

ECRI's General Policy Recommendation No.12 on combating racism and racial discrimination in the field of sport, sets out a wide range of measures that the governments of member States are advised to adopt in order to successfully combat racism and racial discrimination in the field of sport. ECRI's suggestions as to how this can be achieved cover, among other things, ensuring that adequate legal provisions are in place to combat racial discrimination and to penalise racist acts and providing training to the police to enable them to identify, deal with and prevent racist behaviour at sporting events.