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Honour, dignity or good name can be also damaged by statements of constitutional actors, spokespersons of the state authorities, or by the content of their press releases that are issued to the media in the process of informing about the exercise of public power. The media that spread such information are not responsible for their veracity and therefore it is necessary to reliably determine the entity liable for such damage. The Czech judicial practice offers solutions that are different from those offered by the Slovak judicial practice. It concludes that informing about the exercise of public power is part of the exercise of public power and that provision of information about the exercise of public power to the media should be regarded as an official procedure that is incorrect if provided information proves to be false. This leads to the conclusion that the state, rather than its authority, is liable for damage to the honour, dignity or good name. Liability should be assessed according to a special norm regulating liability of the state for damage caused in the exercise of public power. Liability of the used person will be assessed according to the provisions on the protection of personality in the Civil Code only in case of an excess (abuse?). These conclusions of the Czech judicial practice are convincing and can inspire also the Slovak judicial practice, provided that similar legal provisions are applied. Unambiguous solution of passive objective legitimacy in these cases is the prerequisite of an effective protection of the fundamental right to preservation of human dignity, personal honour and good name.
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Honour, dignity or reputation can be affected by, among other things, statements made by leading politicians, spokespeople for state institutions or the content of press releases provided to the media when informing them about the exercise of public authority. Since the media, further disseminating this information, are not responsible for its veracity, it is necessary to reliably identify the entity responsible for such effects. Slovak judicial practice assesses actions in these cases under the provisions of the Civil Code on protection of personal rights and concludes that the entity responsible for the effect is not the state, but the state institution responsible for the statement of the natural person, because that person does not act directly on behalf of the state. However, these conclusions were drawn without careful consideration being given to the possibility of judging these claims under the Public Liability Act. When examining this problem, it is also necessary to address the theoretical starting point of the problem. In particular the nature of the liability of the state and state institutions, the requirements for there to arise liability for damages and nonmaterial damage outside the exercise of public authority, the nature and extent of liability for damage and non-material damage in the exercise of public authority, the interrelationships between the rules governing liability in both cases and also the concept of liability for others in the conclusions of legal theory and practice.
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