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Corrections and Right of Reply Policy
How errors on therisk.global are reported and corrected in public, how versions, corrections and retractions are recorded, and how a person, an organisation or a country named in a finding can reply.
01Contents
Corrections and Right of Reply Policy in seven parts.
02Summary
The document in brief.
- Errors are corrected openly and the record is kept.
- Versions, corrections and retractions are stated on the material.
- People and organisations named in a finding may reply.
03Record
Version 1.0, effective 20 October 2026.
| Record | Value |
|---|---|
| Document | Corrections and Right of Reply Policy |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Effective date | 20 October 2026 |
| Last updated | 20 October 2026 |
| Publisher | The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI Canada) |
| Contact | contact@therisk.global |
04Process
How the process runs.
Process
Corrections and Right of Reply Policy: Policy question to decision
A priority becomes a question, evidence, a decision case and a limited publication; the competent authority decides, never the programme.
01 Question
- 01A priority becomes a questionStep · Universe; national counterpartsA priority becomes a researchable question with stated criteria. National counterparts own the agenda, data and decisions.
- 03Scientific and stakeholder challengeStep · GCRI; the Global Risks Forum (GRF)Scientific and affected-stakeholder challenge informs mission selection and methods.
02 Evidence and options
- 04Assemble the evidenceStep · GCRIMethods, labelled data and uncertainty are assembled. Every finding carries one of nine evidence labels.
- 06Decision case with optionsRecord · The decision owner named in the caseA decision case binds owner, alternatives, evidence and deadline. It needs sensitivity and robustness.
03 Review and publication
- 07G6 · Publication authorisedGate · The Global Risks ForumGRF authorises publication of results that have passed scientific and editorial review. It cannot publish personal data.
- 08Publish with method, uncertainty and limitsRecord · ReportsFindings are published with their method, uncertainty and limits. An edition is published after review, not to a calendar.
04 Outside the programme
- 02Competent authority decidesDecision · The competent authorityThe authority or institution decides under its own rules. The authority decides; the programme informs.
- 05Action and implementation stay with the ownersActor · The relevant government, operator or licensed institutionDecisions and execution stay with the relevant government, operator or licensed institution. The programme records one only if shared.
05 Learning
- 09Corrections and lessons feed the next agendaStep · UniverseCorrections and lessons feed the next annual agenda. The findings of one year set the mandate of the next.
The Nexus cycle · Decision rights · The programme yearDesigned programme process, not a record of operation. No cycle has run and every programme is at service level R0. A gate is a programme decision, never a public-authority approval, certification or deployment authorisation.
05Section 1
Principles.
- 1.1 Errors are corrected openly and the record of the correction is kept. Material is never changed silently in a way that alters its meaning.
06Section 2
How to request a correction.
- 2.1 Write to contact@therisk.global with the address of the page or the identifier of the edition, finding, dataset or record, what is wrong, and the evidence or source that shows it.
- 2.2 The request is acknowledged with a reference and assessed against the evidence. The person who made it is told the decision and its reasons.
07Section 3
Kinds of change.
- 3.1 A clarification makes the meaning clearer without changing a finding. A correction fixes an error of fact, number, citation or attribution. An update adds new evidence that has become available. A retraction or withdrawal removes a finding or a document that cannot stand.
- 3.2 Every correction, update and retraction of a finding, an edition or a dataset is stated in a notice on the material, with the date and what changed. A new version receives a new version number and, where the material has a DOI, a new version of the deposit; earlier versions stay available, marked as superseded or retracted.
- 3.3 Typographical and formatting fixes that change no meaning are made without a notice.
08Section 4
Errors in third-party data.
- 4.1 An error that comes from a data provider is reported to that provider. The material is corrected at the next update of the provider's data, or annotated until then.
09Section 5
Right of reply.
- 5.1 A person, an organisation or a public authority that is named or directly concerned by a finding may submit a reply. A reply that is relevant and within the limits of the Code of Conduct is published with the material, or linked from it, and the finding is reviewed in the light of any new evidence it contains.
10Section 6
Other routes.
- 6.1 Complaints that are not requests for correction follow the Complaints and integrity reporting procedure. Questions about personal information follow the privacy documents.
11Document
Status of this document.
Prepared for review by legal counsel before adoption.
12Questions
Questions and answers.
Is the earlier version still available after a correction?
Yes. Earlier versions stay available and are marked as superseded or retracted. Citations to an earlier version can therefore still be understood.
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