On 10th November 2016, the Department of Criminal Law of Charles University Faculty of Law organized one of the most significant events in the field of criminal science in recent years. The international scientific conference "Criminal Procedure Law - the Future and the Past" was held to commemorate the scientific works of Prof.
Antonín Růžek (8. 2. 1916 - 26. 11. 2007), a significant figure in the field of criminal procedure in former Czechoslovakia and a former Head of the Department of Criminal Law and a Vice-Dean of Charles University Faculty of Law, whose centennial birth anniversary came to pass in 2016.