Current issues Related to the Injured Party and Decisions on Damages in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic

The submitted study presents and analyzes the rights of persons injured by crime in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic and discusses the principles of damages in so-called adhesion proceedings as part of criminal proceedings. At the same time, it offers a view of adhesion proceedings as part of criminal proceeding in which the court decides on the private claims of the victim arising out of a criminal offense. It also deals with the status of the victim of the crime, which is not always the same as that of the injured as a party to the criminal proceedings.