The contribution is some kind of hindsight at the first year of effectiveness of act No. 45/2013 Coll., on victims of crimes. The aim of the author is to describe selected application and interpretational problems as well as to point out those institutes of the act which are abundantly used in practice.
Attention is given also to the possibility of solving the discrepancy between the act and the directive of the European Parliament and the Council 2012/29/EU which establishes minimum rules for rights, support and protection of crime victims.