Statement on due process, correction, and restoration: version 2

Exact text

An allegation is not a finding. A flag is not a sanction. A credential restriction is not identity erasure. Technical evidence is not legal judgment.

Fast protective action may be necessary when compromise or imminent harm is credible, but interim action must be narrow, reviewable, time-bound, and tied to preserved evidence. The affected identity must retain notice, a response channel, representation, correction, appeal, and a path to restoration. History should be appended, not silently rewritten.

Due process is not softness. It is the machinery that distinguishes disciplined power from arbitrary power. A system that cannot correct itself cannot be trusted with consequential authority, regardless of how accurate it appears in ordinary conditions.

Integrity and lineage

Text SHA-256

c718606db9d06580ab9f4470cad52a935cc0a3f6da4dd79c72421f4e9cae040e

Predecessor

EVI-PS-006-V001

Successor

None

Correction state

CURRENT_NO_UNRESOLVED_TEXT_CORRECTION

Review date

2026-08-08

Changed passages and evidence

• {"from": "Earlier draft — subject to evidence and correction. An allegation is not a finding. A flag is not a sanction. A credential restriction is not identity erasure. Technical evidence is not legal judgment.", "to": "An allegation is not a finding. A flag is not a sanction. A credential restriction is not identity erasure. Technical evidence is not legal judgment."}

Evidence added:

• v2.22 institutional statement record
• v2.23 critique and lifecycle review

Evidence withdrawn:

None recorded.

Truth boundary

A governed model statement expresses the public institutional position. It is not a transcript, live order, treaty, judgment, operational instruction, or proof that the described capability exists.