Violence at sporting events in the Republic of Serbia: National and international standards prevention and repression

Abstract

The paper, besides the Introduction and Conclusion, consists of three logically related units. In the first part, the authors pointed out basic information on different forms and consequences of violence at sporting events. As a logical continuation, the second section provides an overview of legal solutions adopted in the Republic of Serbia with the aim of creating a legal framework for more effective countering of this kind of violence. The third part deals with the most important standards of police procedure in the control of violence at sporting events, defined by the Council of Europe in its legal documents (European Convention on Spectator Violence and Misbehaviour at Sports Events and in particular at Football Matches; Recommendations of the Council of Europe of 22 April 1996; Council Resolution of 3 June 2010).. In the Conclusion, the authors have stated suggestions about what needs to be done to reduce violence at sporting events, as well as measures that the Police of the Republic of Serbia is undertaking to increase their effectiveness in preventing of violence at sporting events, particularly in organizational terms (the formation of the organizational unit for monitoring and preventing of violence at sporting events).

Rad pored uvoda i zaključka čine tri logički povezane celine. U prvom delu iznete su osnovne karakteristike nasilja na sportskim priredbama. Kao logičan nastavak, u drugom delu, dat je prikaz zakonskih rešenja usvojenih u Republici Srbiji s ciljem stvaranja pravnog okvira za efikasnije suprotstavljanje ovoj vrsti nasilja. U trećem delu autori su ukazali na najvažnije standarde policijskog postupanja u kontroli nasilja na sportskim priredbama koje je pravnim aktima definisao Savet Evrope (Evropska konvencija o nasilju i nedoličnom ponašanju gledalaca na sportskim priredbama, posebno na fudbalskim utakmicama, Preporuke Saveta Evrope od 22. aprila 1996, Rezolucija Saveta Evrope od 3. juna 2010 godine). U zaključku, autori su izneli predloge šta treba učiniti da bi se smanjilo nasilje na sportskim priredbama, kao i mere koje policija Rebulike Srbije preduzima za povećanje svoje efikasnosti u sprečavanju nasilja na sportskim priredbama, naročito u organizacionom smislu (formiranja organizacione jedinice za praćenje i sprečavanje nasilja na sportskim priredbama).