STANDING COMMITTEE (T-RV) EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON SPECTATOR VIOLENCE AND MISBEHAVIOUR AT SPORT EVENTS AND IN PARTICULAR AT FOOTBALL MATCHES Strasbourg, 14 September 2020 T-RV(2020)6 FINAL Hate speech, racism and other discriminatory behaviour in sport Report of the topical tour de table of the 48th T-RV meeting (Strasbourg, 5-6 June 2019) Prepared by the Secretariat Adopted by written procedure T-RV(2020)6 Table of Contents 1. Background ............................................................................................................................ 4 2. Work of the Council of Europe ............................................................................................ 6 i) PACE… ...........................................................................................................................................6 ii) European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ...............................................................................9 iii) European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) ............................................14 iv) «No Hate Speech Movement» Youth Campaign .......................................................................16 3. Update by States Parties, Observers and guests ............................................................... 21 i) Austria …………………………………………………………………………………………...22 ii) Azerbaijan .....................................................................................................................................23 iii) Belgium .........................................................................................................................................23 iv) Bulgaria .........................................................................................................................................24 v) Croatia ...........................................................................................................................................24 vi) Cyprus …………………………………………………………………………………………...24 vii) Czech Republic .............................................................................................................................24 viii) Estonia ...........................................................................................................................................24 ix) Finland ..........................................................................................................................................25 x) France. ...........................................................................................................................................25 xi) Germany .......................................................................................................................................28 xii) Greece. ...........................................................................................................................................29 xiii) Italy………………………………………………………………………………………………30 xiv) Lithuania .......................................................................................................................................30 xv) Monaco ..........................................................................................................................................31 xvi) Netherlands ...................................................................................................................................31 xvii) Norway ..........................................................................................................................................32 xviii) Portugal .........................................................................................................................................32 xix) Poland. ...........................................................................................................................................32 xx) Romania ........................................................................................................................................33 xxi) Russian Federation.......................................................................................................................33 xxii) Serbia.. ...........................................................................................................................................33 xxiii) Slovakia .........................................................................................................................................34 xxiv) Slovenia .........................................................................................................................................35 xxv) Spain……………………………………………………………………………………………...35 xxvi) Sweden...........................................................................................................................................35 2 T-RV(2020)6 xxvii) Switzerland .................................................................................................................................36 xxviii) Turkey ........................................................................................................................................36 xxix) United Kingdom ...........................................................................................................................36 4. Update by Observers ........................................................................................................... 37 i) Georgia ..........................................................................................................................................37 ii) Israel… ..........................................................................................................................................38 iii) Centre for Access to Football in Europe (CAFE) ......................................................................39 iv) Football Supporters Europe (FSE) .............................................................................................39 v) Supporters Direct Europe (SD Europe) .....................................................................................39 vi) UEFA… .........................................................................................................................................40 vii) FIFA……………………………………………………………………………………………...41 5. Update by Guests ................................................................................................................. 41 i) European Group of Safety and Security Experts (Think Tank)..............................................41 6. Future steps .......................................................................................................................... 42 7. Appendixes ........................................................................................................................... 43 Appendix 1 - Programme - Tour de table on racism and discrimination in sport…. .......... 43 Appendix 2 - Council of Europe - Inclusion and Anti-Discrimination programmes - Mission statement .............................................................................................................. 44 Appendix 3 - Council of Europe’s “No Hate Speech Movement” Youth Campaign ............ 46 Appendix 4 - Council of Europe - Conclusions of the Evaluation Conference of the No Hate Speech Movement Youth Campaign ................................................................. 54 Appendix 5 - Contribution from Belgium ................................................................................ 58 Appendix 6 - Contribution from France ................................................................................... 94 Appendix 7 - UEFA Safety and Security Regulations (edition 2019) ................................... 105 Appendix 8 - Contribution from FIFA .................................................................................... 109 Appendix 9 - Links to relevant sources ................................................................................... 111 3 T-RV(2020)6 1. Background Fighting all types of discrimination and hate speech has been and will continue to be one of the Council of Europe priorities and challenges, since it undermines the core values of democratic societies. The European Convention on Spectator Violence (ETS No. 120), or T-RV Convention, from 1985, in its Article 1 (Aim of the Convention), paragraph 1, establishes a positive obligation for the States Parties to prevent and fight against violence and misbehaviour: “The Parties, with a view to preventing and controlling violence and misbehaviour by spectators at football matches, undertake, within the limits of their respective constitutional provisions, to take the necessary steps to give effect to the provisions of this Convention”. Furthermore, Article 3 (Measures), paragraph 1, stresses the need to bring this positive obligation into practice: “The Parties undertake to ensure the formulation and implementation of measures designed to prevent and control violence and misbehaviour by spectators”. The topic of hate speech and discrimination was always a matter of concern both for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, in particular, in the case of sports events, since the adoption of the T-RV Convention. The PACE, recalling the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the T-RV Convention, adopted in 1999 an innovative Recommendation on football hooliganism - Recommendation 1434 (1999).