11/03/2009 Standing Committee
Strasbourg, 13.03.2009 - In a report on riots in European cities, adopted today in Paris, by the Standing Committee, PACE recommends co-ordination of actions, to prevent riots, through the creation of a European Resource Centre for Urban Security.
PACE insists on the three factors which are at the origin of urban riots: poverty, ethnic and social segregation, and mutual resentment between minorities and the police. PACE suggests measures to prevent riots, and proposes the empowerment of local authorities with regard to town planning and improvement of public services, strategies to fight all forms of discrimination, and reappraisal of the state's relations with its citizens especially through the police.