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Rydym newydd lansio cyfarwyddyd hawliau dynol newydd ar gyfer ymarferwyr
sydd am ddysgu oddi ar achosion gwneud penderfyniadau ac arfer bywyd go
iawn. Canfyddwch ragor yn:

http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/human...

Ein gweledigaeth
Cymdeithas wedi'i seilio ar degwch a pharch. Pobl sy'n hyderus ym mhob
agwedd ar eu hamrywiaeth.

Ymwadiad cyfreithiol
Crewyd y neges e-bost hon gan y Comisiwn Cydraddoldeb a Hawliau Dynol,
sy'n wasanaeth gwybodaeth a chanllawiau yn hytrach na gwasanaeth cyngor
cyfreithiol. Os bydd angen cyngor cyfreithiol arnoch, cysylltwch a
chyfreithiwr. Nid yw'r paragraff hwn yn berthnasol i unigolyn sy'n cael
cymorth o dan adran 28 o Ddeddf Cydraddoldeb 2006.

Mae'r neges e-bost hon, gan gynnwys unrhyw atodiadau, gan y Comisiwn
Cydraddoldeb a Hawliau Dynol ac wedi'i bwriadu at ddefnydd yr unigolyn a
enwyd yn unig. Gall gynnwys gwybodaeth sy'n freintiedig ac yn gyfrinachol.

Os nad chi yw'r unigolyn hwnnw, ni ddylech wneud copi o'r neges, ei
dosbarthu na chymryd unrhyw gamau mewn cysylltiad a hi.

Rhybudd diogelwch: Nodwch fod y neges e-bost hon wedi'i chreu gan wybod
nad yw system e-bost y Rhyngrwyd yn gyfrwng cyfathrebu sy'n gwbl ddiogel.
Dylech ddeall a derbyn y diffyg diogelwch hwn pan fyddwch yn anfon
negeseuon e-bost atom.

Os yw'r neges e-bost hon wedi'i hanfon atoch mewn camgymeriad, dylech ein
hysbysu ar unwaith drwy ymateb i'r neges e-bost hon. Nid yw'r Comisiwn
Cydraddoldeb a Hawliau Dynol yn derbyn unrhyw gyfrifoldeb am newidiadau a
wneir i'r neges hon ar ol iddi gael ei hanfon gan yr awdur gwreiddiol.
Gall y neges e-bost hon neu unrhyw atodiadau gynnwys data sy'n berthnasol
i gwmpas y Deddfau Diogelu Data. Mae'n rhaid i chi sicrhau eich bod yn
cydymffurfio'n llawn a gofynion Deddf Diogelu Data 1984 a 1998 pan fyddwch
yn prosesu neu'n ymdrin a data o'r fath.

Sefydlwyd y Comisiwn Cydraddoldeb a Hawliau Dynol gan Ddeddf Cydraddoldeb
2006.

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Namaste Publishing

Email: [FOI #81780 email]

Our Ref: NF083

4th August 2011

Dear Sir/ Madam,

Thank you for your email dated 3rd August 2011.

As your enquiry is a request for advice about deceased peoples' human
rights, I have forwarded your email to our Helpline for a response.

The Helpline will aim to respond to your request within 5 working days.

Should you wish to contact the Helpline directly at any time, you can do
so using the contact details provided below:

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Monday - Friday 8am - 6pm

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Email: [2][email address]

Kind regards

Philippa Bullen

Corporate Communications Officer

Equality and Human Rights Commission

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To whom it may concern at Namaste Publishing

Thank you for contacting the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
Helpline.

In answer to your question, it is very unlikely that a dead person can be
argued to have any human rights.

The European convention on human rights is case specific and victim led.
This means that in order to bring a claim under human rights legislation,
an individual has to show that they are the victim of a breach of one or
more articles. Cases can be brought on behalf of deceased persons whose
rights were breached during their life, but it is unlikely that any claim
can arise once someone is dead.

If a public authority were to delve into a person's life once they had
died and this then had an effect on the remaining living members of the
family or friends, they could bring individual claims for a breach of
their own human rights.

Article 8 covers Private life and family. A person has the right to
respect for their private and family life, their home and correspondence.
Article 8 is a qualified right which means that there is provision for
this right to be interfered with but the interference would have to be
judged as acceptable.

In general the right to a private life means that a person has the right
to live their own life with such personal privacy as is reasonable in a
democratic society, taking into account the rights and freedoms of
others.

I hope this information is useful, however, please do not hesitate to
contact the Helpline once again if you have any further questions or
queries quoting your reference number above.

Kind regards

Wendy Hillyerd

Advisor

Equality & Human Rights Commission

[email address]

Tel: 0845 604 6610

Text: 0845 604 6620

Fax : 0845 604 6630

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