Yearbook 2024
We present to you the Yearbook of the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic for 2024, which contains the most important information about the activities of the Supreme Court during the past calendar year, as well as an overview of significant events organized by the Supreme Court. Moreover, it contains statistical data on the activities of the Supreme Court, as well as information about the changes that occurred last year.
The core of the Yearbook is the introduction of the most significant decisions of the Criminal Division and the Civil and Commercial Division of the Supreme Court. As every year, the Panels of the Supreme Court had to answer many important legal questions and thus strengthen the uniformity in the court decision-making in the Czech Republic. A significant part of the introduced decisions has already been approved for the publication in the Collection of Decisions and Opinions of the Supreme Court which supports the uniformity of the decision-making of the lower courts.
The Yearbook also introduces other departments and sections of the Supreme Court, as well as the tasks they had to address in 2024, and maps the domestic and international relations of the Supreme Court.
A significant event held by the Supreme Court last year was the Discussion Seminar on Ethical Issues Related to the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Judiciary which took place in November 2024 in the František Vážný Hall. The topic of artificial intelligence has recently become widely discussed and presents one of the most intriguing issues affecting the entire judiciary and society as a whole. Given the number of risks, it is appropriate to pay sufficient attention to artificial intelligence so that it can become the proverbial good servant and not a bad master when used in the context of the judiciary. In view of the potential benefits of the artificial intelligence and its ever-growing use in the society, the topic of the artificial intelligence cannot be underestimated.
The Yearbook is concluded with the photo attachments which visually complete the illustration of the activities of the Supreme Court in 2024, whether these are the events held by the Supreme Court or visits or work meetings at important international institutions.