Ministers’ Deputies
Notes on the Agenda
CM/Notes/797/8.1 (restricted) 28 May 2002
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797 Meeting, 29 May 2002
8 Youth and Sport
8.1 Violent attacks on Italian football pitches –
Written Question No. 409 to the Committee of Ministers by Mr Mehmet Telek
Reference documents
CM(2002)74
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Action The Deputies are invited to consider a draft reply to Written question No. 409 to the Committee of Ministers by Mr Telek, in view of its adoption. |
On 7 May 2002, Mr Mehmet Telek, Turkish member of the Parliamentary Assembly, European Democratic Group, presented a Written Question No. 409 to the Committee of Ministers on violent attacks on Italian football pitches, following incidents of violence which occurred after a football match in Rome on 13 March 2002 between the Italian and Turkish football teams.
Mr Telek asks the Committee of Ministers:
i. whether there has been any investigation into the above-mentioned acts of violence in Rome within the framework of the monitoring mechanism set up by the European Convention on Spectator Violence and Misbehaviour at Sports Events, and
ii. what further measures the Committee of Ministers envisages taking in order to prevent such acts and ensure that their perpetrators are prosecuted.
The Secretariat has prepared a draft reply which the Deputies are invited to consider, with a view to its adoption.
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DRAFT DECISION
797th meeting – 29 May 2002
Item 8.1
Violent attacks on Italian football pitches –
Written Question No. 409 to the Committee of Ministers by Mr Mehmet Telek
Decision
The Deputies adopted the following reply to Written Question No. 409 “Violent attacks on Italian football pitches” to the Committee of Ministers by Mr Mehmet Telek:
“Although the European Convention on Spectator Violence and Misbehaviour at Sports Events and in particular at Football Matches (ETS No. 120) is mainly focused on spectator violence, the good conduct of the police, respecting human rights and human dignity, has always been of concern to the Committee of Ministers.
The provisions of the Convention and the recommendations of its Standing Committee are effective only insofar as the states party to the Convention apply them properly. Indeed, the Committee of Ministers is convinced that rigorous enforcement of the undertakings given by contracting parties will help to eradicate all forms of sports violence.
Under Article 7 of the Convention, every contracting party is required to submit a national report on the measures it has taken to implement the Convention. These reports are examined at each of the Standing Committee’s annual meetings. The next meeting will be held on 4‑5 July 2002 in Strasbourg.
The Secretariat (Sport Department) has invited the Italian delegation to the Standing Committee to submit a specific report on the incidents referred to in the written question, for examination at that meeting.
Moreover, Italy has prepared a self-assessment report on its implementation of the Convention, as part of the project on compliance with commitments. This report will be discussed in detail at the Standing Committee’s next meeting.”