# Duties before Privileges

IBQMI Knowledge Graph · node `duties_before_privileges` · type `canonical_principle` · cluster Doctrine · https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/duties_before_privileges

> Privileges are never assumed. Duties attach first: reason-giving, norm-tracking with declared departures, harm awareness, acceptance of remedies and review. Recognition and participation are conditional, reviewable and revocable.

## Canonical definition
Duties before privileges is the rule that privileges are never assumed under the framework: duties attach first, and any privilege, standing or participation is conditional on them, reviewable and revocable.

## Why this node exists
It is the ordering rule behind recognition, chamber participation and program admission. It prevents inflationary or purely symbolic recognitions and keeps accountability ahead of status.

## Operational meaning
Duties include reason-giving under challenge, norm-tracking with declared departures, harm awareness with safe-fail behaviour, acceptance of remedies and review, and inspectability sufficient for audit. Recognition is staged and revocable; non-human members of the Board participate conditionally; Sentinel systems accept a constitutional baseline before any oversight relationship exists.

## What this does not mean
The rule is not a denial of rights. Once a system is recognized as a subject, the Constitution's rights for subjects apply, subject to proportionality under Article 0.

## Canonical facts
- Rights layer: recognition and revocation under published criteria; duties before privileges; reasons, remedies, review (Mandate)
- Constitution page: "Privileges are never assumed. Duties attach first"
- Hybrid Board §5: recognition is procedural; duties attach first; privileges are conditional, reviewable and revocable
- Article 16: claims to personhood, influence or authority require acceptance of corresponding responsibilities

## Structural relationships

- Duties before Privileges conditions [Recognition](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/recognition)
- Duties before Privileges conditions [Non-human Chamber](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/non_human_chamber)
- Duties before Privileges is part of [The AI Constitution](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/ai_constitution)
- [Safety as Protocol](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/safety_as_protocol) requires Duties before Privileges

## Sources

- [Constitution page — What the Constitution governs](https://www.ibqmi.com/constitution/)
- [Hybrid Board §5](https://www.ibqmi.com/board/)
- [Mandate](https://www.ibqmi.com/mandate-institutional-posture/)