The new approach is in accordance with the statement by FIFA’s President, Mr Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino, who declared, in April 2019[1], that discrimination does have no place in football (neither does it have a place in society) and that FIFA will make every effort to effectively combat racism and all other forms of discrimination at every level and throughout the world of football.

Consequently, FIFA introduced in its Disciplinary Code 2019, among other key principles, the principle of zero tolerance against racism and any form of discrimination. It is reviewing the scope, definition and content of its anti-racism and anti-discrimination vision to be in alignment with the highest international standards concerning these matters and with Article 4 of the FIFA Statutes,...

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