The Academy Assembly, the Academy of Science´s highest body responsible for the highest priority decisions related to the ASCR, held its XXXIX meeting on December 16, 2011. Among invited guests were Petr Fiala, the Prime Minister´s Chief Science Advisor; Karel Pospíšil, Head of Board of Public Applied Research Institutions; Václav Pačes, President of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic; Rudolf Zahradník, Honorary President of the ASCR; Helena Illnerová, former President of the ASCR; Václav Hampl, Rector of Charles University of Prague; Přemysl Sobotka, First Vice-President of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, and Vladimír Haasz, Vice-Chairperson of the R&D Council of the Czech Republic, and others. The main agenda item of this meeting was discussion the results of the Evaluation of Academy Instituties.
The Czech Republic has a representative in the UN International Law Commission after more than ten years with the election by the UN General Assembly of Pavel Šturma to the post on November 17, 2011. The 34-member UN International Law Commission, established in 1947, is seated in Geneva, Switzerland. It exerts a strong influence on the development of international law. Last time the Czech Republic was represented on the commission was from 1992–1998. Professor Dr. Šturma works at the Institute of the State and Law of the ASCR and also heads the international law department at Faculty of Law at Charles University. He has written or co-written 12 books focusing on international law. and Jan Malíř.