From 17 to 19 April 2026, Patejdlova Bouda hosted the very first edition of the Summer School of Migration Law. This year’s programme focused on environmental migration, a very recent questions concerning how the law responds to displacement and forced mobility linked to climate and environmental change. The aim of the Summer School was not merely to approach this issue in theoretical terms, but to allow students to experience just how complex and humanly demanding legal decision-making can b…

The Faculty of Law at Charles University hosted a symposium titled “Where Are You Headed, Czech Migration Law?”, which provided a forum for reflecting on the development of Czech immigration and refugee law from its post-revolutionary beginnings to current challenges and future directions. Over the course of four thematic panels, representatives from academia, legal professions, the judiciary, the non-governmental sector, and various public institutions had the opportunity to discuss various top…

On April 15, 2026, we invited a guest to speak about issues related to the Schengen Information System and police cooperation in the EU. This guest spoke on behalf of the Directorate of International Police Cooperation at the Police Presidium of the Czech Republic (which serves as the SIRENE National Central Bureau in the Czech Republic—that is, the central point of contact not only for the SIS but also for other forms of cooperation among law enforcement agencies within the Schengen Area and th…

On 13 April 2026, a screening of the documentary film Stranger in Paradise took place. Although students of the Faculty of Law, Charles University, encounter administrative proceedings, evidence-taking, the conduct of interviews, and decision-making on applications for international protection in the course of their studies, the film also raised value-based questions to which the law must be able to respond. The screening thus offered an opportunity to view familiar legal institutions from a dif…