{"slug":"south-korea-ai-basic-act-art-35-high-impact-ai-impact-assessment","id":"AIPT-OBL-0067","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0067","title":"Operators of high-impact AI should assess its impact on fundamental rights before use","short_title":"Fundamental rights impact assessment","category":"impact_assessment","summary":"An AI business operator that provides high-impact AI, or a product or service using it, is to make efforts to assess in advance the impact the AI may have on people's fundamental rights. The provision is drafted as an endeavour duty rather than a hard requirement, but public bodies procuring high-impact AI are directed to give preference to products that have undergone such an assessment, and the ministry may set assessment methods.\n","practical_action":"Run a fundamental-rights impact assessment for each high-impact system, particularly where public-sector procurement is in view.\n","is_binding":false,"applies_from":"2026-01-22","section":null,"source_reference":"Article 35","official_source_url":"https://www.law.go.kr/lsInfoP.do?lsiSeq=268543","review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"medium","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","reviewed_by":"Bhaskar Bhatt","actors":["provider","deployer","public_authority"],"sectors":["cross_sector","employment","financial_services","healthcare","public_services"],"use_cases":["hiring_and_hr","health","finance_and_credit","public_services"],"applicability":[{"description":"AI business operators providing high-impact AI; the assessment is an effort obligation with procurement incentives for public bodies.","actors":["provider","deployer","public_authority"],"conditions":null}],"evidence_examples":[{"title":"Fundamental-rights impact assessment for high-impact AI","description":null,"artifact_type":"report"}],"framework_mappings":[{"framework":"iso_42001","framework_name":"ISO/IEC 42001:2023","reference":"Clause 6.1.4; Annex A.5.2, A.5.4","note":"AI system impact assessment on individuals and society.","confidence_level":"high","is_original":true},{"framework":"nist_ai_rmf","framework_name":"NIST AI RMF 1.0","reference":"MAP 5.1, MAP 5.2","note":"Impact characterisation and engagement.","confidence_level":"medium","is_original":true}],"controls":[{"slug":"ai-impact-assessment","title":"AI impact and fundamental-rights impact assessment","kind":"process","relationship":"satisfies","note":"Fundamental-rights assessment before deployment.","confidence_level":"high","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/ai-impact-assessment"}],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/south-korea-ai-basic-act-art-35-high-impact-ai-impact-assessment","policy":{"slug":"south-korea-framework-act-on-the-development-of-artificial-intelligence-and-establishment-of-a-foundation-for","title":"Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and Establishment of a Foundation for Trust (AI Basic Act, Act No. 20676)","status":"in_force","jurisdiction":"south-korea","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/south-korea-framework-act-on-the-development-of-artificial-intelligence-and-establishment-of-a-foundation-for"}}