Guide on the Security of Major Sporting Events: Promoting Sustainable Security and Legacies

V. Legal and Institutional Frameworks

The planning, organization and hosting of an MSE need to be executed within robust legal and institutional frameworks that facilitate the fulfilment of all security requirements, whilst also guaranteeing full respect for the human rights of athletes, spectators, staff and all those involved in preparing, building and servicing the required facilities. To this end, hosting nations must ensure that all relevant matters are covered by adequate legal and institutional frameworks.

This chapter provides a description and analysis of the existing legal mechanisms and instruments relevant to providing security for MSEs. It endeavours to leverage knowledge and awareness of the available legal resources to assist countries in overcoming the multiple legal challenges that the organization of an MSE may entail.

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Guide on the Security of Major Sporting Events: Promoting Sustainable Security and Legacies

Published on Oct 11, 2021

UNICRI Publications

This Guide aims to protect major sporting events as a common good of the international community. It contains an exhaustive analysis of all elements for consideration by key decision-makers when it comes to security at major sporting events. Intercultural and cross-regional complexities and particularities are dissected, providing a systemic overview of the main considerations for key decision-makers. The Guide has been produced within the framework of the United Nations Global Programme on the Security of Major Sporting Events and the Promotion of Sport and its Values as a Tool to Prevent Violent Extremism co-implemented by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), in association with the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) in consultation with the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED).

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Guide on the Security of Major Sporting Events: Promoting Sustainable Security and Legacies

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X. The Impact of Covid-19 on the Safety and Security of MSEs

XI. Legacy Considerations

XII. Glossary

IX. Security Implications of Co-Hosting Major Sporting Events

VIII. Communication Strategies

VII. The Security Planning

VI. Stakeholder Cooperation

III. Foundations of Security at Major Sporting Events

I. The Guide

Introduction

IV. Security Considerations Before and During the Bidding Process

Acknowledgements

Foreword

V. Legal and Institutional Frameworks

Key Recommendations