In the days 12.-16.01. 2026 was attended by prof. JUDr. Jozef Čentéš, DrSc., head of the Department of Criminal Law, Criminology and Criminology of the Faculty of Law of the Comenius University Bratislava (hereinafter referred to as "Prof. Čentéš") of a study stay at the Department of Criminal Law of the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague (hereinafter referred to as the "Department") within the framework of project 17R05-04-V01-00002 - Competence Centre for Cybersecurity Regulation, of Privacy and Cybercrime (CUSEC).
The subject of the study stay was the scientific investigation of the inference of criminal liability in the context of cybersecurity. In connection with this issue, prof. Čentéš consulted on the conditions of the criminality of actions of entities in connection with the violation of regulations related to cybersecurity from the point of view of Czech legislation. As part of his study stay, he gave a requested lecture on the topic "Ramsonvér and the payment of ransom in the context of criminal law", which was taught to the teachers of the department and internal doctoral students (https://www.prf.cuni.cz/aktuality/prednaska-ransomver-a-uhrada-vykupneho-v-kontexte-trestneho-prava). During the discussion, he commented on the possibility of using extreme emergency in relation to subjects, which will pay the ransom due to the prevention of the risk of harm to the health of patients, which may occur in the event of non-payment of the ransom (e.g. hospitals).
The study stay contributed to an increase in awareness of the Slovak legal regulation of inferring criminal liability in the context of cybersecurity, a comparison with the Czech legal regulation, and brought new knowledge that prof. You continue to do scientific research within CUSEC. The study stay also contributed to the deepening of international relations with colleagues from the partner department in Prague.
