Coercive acts The NPM doubted that the decision of the Constitutional Court of Austria is applicable in this case. Because the meaning of the abbreviation “A.C.A.B.” and thus the question of whether the use thereof is acceptable and covered by the right to the freedom of speech is, according to the Constitutional Court of Austria, closely related to the problematic relationship between the police and the fans. Said court went into great detail on this in its decision. In the case in question, the banners contained completely different problematic symbols and statements. In the opinion of the NPM, all types of banners should not be tolerated, particularly if they possibly contain neo-Nazi symbols. For this reason, the NPM recommended that in the future the executive should examine, when considering the right to the freedom of speech, whether there is a breach of decency pursuant to the Vienna Security Law. Police operation too late in escalation On the last point of criticism where it was possible for fans to penetrate the VIP area and injure three law enforcement officers, the Federal Ministry of the Interior stated that the police had at first observed how Rapid fans had climbed over the fence out of their sector into the adjoining sector. At this point in time, the responsibility for managing the situation was still with the stewards. Police intervention was not yet required. Only from the point when the fans had penetrated the VIP area was it clear for the police that the other guests were in imminent danger and the stewards were no longer able to take the relevant measures. The NPM criticised that the police had waited too long to intervene and had only become active from the time when the VIP area was penetrated. A risk of danger to the guests and the injuries of the law enforcement officers could have been avoided if the police had acted sooner. X At high-risk football games, the executive should make use of a search warrant in order to prevent fans from bringing pyrotechnics into the stadium. X Banners with questionable content should be critically scrutinised by the executive when considering the right to the freedom of speech and be examined with respect to a possible breach of decency. 2.8.6 Forced returns A commission observed a contact meeting in Salzburg Puch correctional institution prior to a forced return to Tunis. Mixing the roles of return advisor and legal advisor 169 The commission criticised that at this meeting of the Association of Human Rights Austria (Verein Menschenrechte Österreich), whose duty is to act as a return advisor, an employee of the association appeared as a type of “representative” of the person awaiting forced return. The employee of the