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Christiana Stilianidou 03 • 12 • 2022

Football fans reportedly attacked without provocation by police officers

Christiana Stilianidou
Football fans reportedly attacked without provocation by police officers
03 • 12 • 2022

According to complaints and reports, riot police officers attacked football fans after a game without any provocation.

Where is the problem with the rule of law?

In a state governed by the rule of law, the police authorities must be governed by certain principles, including the principle of legality, the principle of proportionality, the prohibition of the abuse of police power and the respect for and protection of human rights.

The powers of the police authorities and the conduct to be displayed by them in the performance of their duties are regulated, inter alia, by Decree 141/1991 and Decree 254/2004.

Although the police may use force to enforce the law, this does not mean that all use of preventive or repressive force by the police is lawful. On the contrary, the arbitrary use of the power to use force and police action in excess of legal limits is a dangerous phenomenon for a democracy.

However, the reported unprovoked attack by police forces on football fans appears to be outside the legal limits of the use of force.

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