# Human Rights After Death **Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Human Rights / Postmortem Law **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Comparative legal field ## Definition **Human Rights After Death** examines which interests associated with a deceased person remain legally protected through dignity, privacy, reputation, bodily integrity, cultural rights, medical confidentiality, personality rights, or the rights of surviving relatives. ## Continuity Significance The field establishes that biological death does not erase every legally relevant interest, while forcing precision about who holds the surviving claim. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence Postmortem protections vary widely by jurisdiction and legal object. ## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note Surviving interests may belong to estates, heirs, family, or public values rather than to a legally continuing deceased person. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Posthumous Privacy|Posthumous Privacy]] · [[wiki/Posthumous Dignity|Posthumous Dignity]] · [[wiki/Posthumous Personality Rights|Posthumous Personality Rights]] · [[wiki/Digital Afterlife Rights and Personhood|Digital Afterlife Rights and Personhood]]