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VI international sports forum "Russia – sports power".
17/10/2016
October 13, in the Vladimir region on the final day of the VI International sports forum "Russia – sports power" held a Round table on "Countering global threats. Creating an environment free of discrimination and violence."
Deputy Director General of the European legal service Oleg Semenov made a report-presentation "the Unique world experience of the RFU / ELS in the creation and implementation of the mechanism for legal support of fans of the Russian national team at EURO2016". Examples of legal case studies, and the factors influencing them, detailed statistics and analysis of the distribution of the cases according to the team, legal, reference and information questions and Concierge services, interaction with the official Twitter of the Russian team @TeamRussia aroused great interest and response from the participants of the Round table.
The event, which took place in the building of the Congress center of the sports resort "Dobrograd", was divided into three thematic segments: "the Problem: racism, discrimination and hooliganism in football. In what forms do they occur?"How can the problem of discrimination and hooliganism be solved by the government, clubs and fans: sharing experiences and learning lessons", "Cooperation between fans and other stakeholders: what measures are needed to create an environment free from discrimination?".
The round table was attended by Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Konstantin Dolgov, human rights officer of the office Of the UN high Commissioner for human rights Thomas Pollan, representatives of the Ministry of sports of the Russian Federation, the Russian football Union (RFU), the organizing Committee "Russia 2018", the Russian football Premier League (RFPL), the European legal service (ELS), the organization "Football fans of Europe", communities of fans "Borussia" (Dortmund, Germany) and "Slovan" (Liberec, Czech Republic).
In his closing speech, the moderator of the Round table, legal adviser to the President of the RFU - Denis Rogachev, spoke for the continuation of cooperation with the European legal service to create a joint round-the-clock call-center for multilingual support of fans of the teams participating in the Confederations Cup 2017 and the World Cup 2018.
Deputy Director General of the European legal service Oleg Semenov made a report-presentation "the Unique world experience of the RFU / ELS in the creation and implementation of the mechanism for legal support of fans of the Russian national team at EURO2016". Examples of legal case studies, and the factors influencing them, detailed statistics and analysis of the distribution of the cases according to the team, legal, reference and information questions and Concierge services, interaction with the official Twitter of the Russian team @TeamRussia aroused great interest and response from the participants of the Round table.
The event, which took place in the building of the Congress center of the sports resort "Dobrograd", was divided into three thematic segments: "the Problem: racism, discrimination and hooliganism in football. In what forms do they occur?"How can the problem of discrimination and hooliganism be solved by the government, clubs and fans: sharing experiences and learning lessons", "Cooperation between fans and other stakeholders: what measures are needed to create an environment free from discrimination?".
The round table was attended by Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Konstantin Dolgov, human rights officer of the office Of the UN high Commissioner for human rights Thomas Pollan, representatives of the Ministry of sports of the Russian Federation, the Russian football Union (RFU), the organizing Committee "Russia 2018", the Russian football Premier League (RFPL), the European legal service (ELS), the organization "Football fans of Europe", communities of fans "Borussia" (Dortmund, Germany) and "Slovan" (Liberec, Czech Republic).
In his closing speech, the moderator of the Round table, legal adviser to the President of the RFU - Denis Rogachev, spoke for the continuation of cooperation with the European legal service to create a joint round-the-clock call-center for multilingual support of fans of the teams participating in the Confederations Cup 2017 and the World Cup 2018.