Instrument Hierarchy
In descending order of authority: The AI Constitution, the Board Statute, canonical supplements issued by the Hybrid Board, and delegated protocols and operating procedures. No lower instrument may contradict a higher one; non-derogable constitutional articles prevail over program rules.
Canonical definition
The instrument hierarchy is the descending order of authority within the framework: The AI Constitution, the Board Statute, canonical supplements issued by the Hybrid Board, and delegated protocols and operating procedures that implement the foregoing.
Why this node exists
Readers and machines need to know which text wins. The hierarchy decides it, together with the rule that non-derogable constitutional articles prevail over program rules.
Operational meaning
No delegated protocol may contradict a higher-order instrument. Program statutes and annexes for Sentinel or Shared Resonance Cities cannot create new rights or dilute constitutional protections; they specify how protections are enacted in a setting. Where the Statute intersects with domestic or international law, those prevail.
What this does not mean
The hierarchy does not rank the supplements above the annexes in normative force; supplements explain, annexes operate. It does not place any IBQMI instrument above national law.
Canonical facts
- Order
- (a) Constitution, (b) Board Statute, (c) canonical supplements, (d) delegated protocols and operating procedures (Statute §1.2)
- Non-derogation
- non-derogable constitutional articles prevail over program rules (Hybrid Board page)
- External law
- domestic and international law prevail where they intersect (Board Statute clarifications)
Structural relationships
Outgoing
- Instrument Hierarchy governs Sentinel Liaison Protocol
- Instrument Hierarchy governs Constitutional Supplements