# Continuity as Human Right **Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Human Rights / Positive Obligation **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Normative future concept ## Definition **Continuity as a Human Right** is the proposition that preservation of identity, agency, or existence across substrate transition may eventually become a legally protected human interest rather than a purchasable private service. ## Continuity Significance It raises the strongest duty-bearer question: what minimum positive obligations attach if technology makes continuity materially possible? ## Existing Architecture / Evidence Psychological continuity, identity, dignity, health, and recognition-before-law provide adjacent vocabularies; no general right to technological continuation exists. ## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note Treat as normative proposal unless a source explicitly recognizes such a right. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Positive Right to Continuity|Positive Right to Continuity]] · [[wiki/Continuity Constitutionalism|Continuity Constitutionalism]] · [[wiki/Rights|Rights]] · [[wiki/Continuity Service Obligation|Continuity Service Obligation]]