Fundamental rights impact assessment (FRIA)

An assessment required by Article 27 of the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) before certain deployers put a high-risk Annex III AI system into use. It must describe the processes and intended use, the period and frequency of use, the categories of persons and groups affected, the specific fundamental-rights risks, the human-oversight measures, and the measures to be taken if risks materialize, including governance and complaint mechanisms.

The assessment required by Article 27 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, to be performed prior to deploying a qualifying high-risk AI system, examining the impact of the system's use on fundamental rights under the EU Charter, including non-discrimination, equal treatment, dignity, and access to remedies.

The assessment (Article 27) that certain deployers of high-risk systems must conduct before deployment, evaluating the system's impact on people's rights. Its full treatment, alongside the data protection impact assessment, is the owned scope of Topic 10.4. (see Topic 10.4)

A structured assessment of how an AI system may affect people's rights, run alongside a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) in the joint approach taught in Topic 10.4. It is named here because a conceded gap in rights testing, such as missing demographic accuracy testing, is often the amendment that a FRIA would have surfaced before deployment. (see Topic 10.4)

The Article 27 assessment some deployers of high-risk systems must perform (public bodies, private entities providing public services, and deployers of the Annex III creditworthiness and insurance-risk systems); the expert facilitates it but does not provide binding human-rights legal analysis.