Vidéo surveillance dans les villes européennes

Final conference in Rotterdam declares « A Charter for the Democratic Use of Video Surveillance” in European Cities

Providing citizens with guaranties regarding the use of CCTV in European cities, that is the purpose of the “Charter for the Democratic Use of Video Surveillance” declared Friday 28th 2010 in Rotterdam at the final conference of the project “Citizens, cities and video-surveillance”.

The project « Citizens, Cities and Video-Surveillance », supported by the Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Programme of the European Commission, was about reflecting on and exchanging practices of the use of video-surveillance in the respect of fundamental rights and privacy. Based on the experiences and knowledge accumulated in the project, the 11 partners have developed a charter for the democratic use of CCTV in European cities.