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ISO/IEC 42005:2025: guidance for AI system impact assessment

Guidance for assessing the impacts of an AI system on individuals, groups and society across its life cycle (companion to Art. 27 and Annex A.5)

By Reviewed

From clause to evidenceThe chain from ISO/IEC 42005:2025 to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseISO 42005ISO/IEC42005:2025Duty holderNot statedApplies fromNo dateVoluntaryArtefactImpactassessment as…LayersLayer 01Layer 03Evidence recordEvidence recordv1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topic files this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24 · illustrative, not a claim of conformity From clause to evidenceThe chain from ISO/IEC 42005:2025 to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseISO 42005 · ISO/IEC 42005:2025Duty holderNot statedApplies fromNo date · VoluntaryArtefactImpact assessment as code…LayersLayer 01Layer 03Evidence recordEvidence record v1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topicfiles this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24illustrative, not a claim of conformity
From clause to evidence Build the artefact, then file every output it produces as a record that names AIGE-OBL-ISO42005-IA. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: ISO 42005, ISO/IEC 42005:2025.
  • Duty holder: Not stated.
  • Applies from: No date, Voluntary.
  • Artefact: Impact assessment as code….
  • Layers: Layer 01, Layer 03.
  • Evidence record: Evidence record v1.
  • Record schema: Evidence record.
  • No crosswalk topic files this clause yet.
Id
AIGE-OBL-ISO42005-IA
Instrument
ISO/IEC 42005 standard
Clause
ISO/IEC 42005:2025
Applies from
No date Voluntary · Voluntary guidance (2025)

The artefact that evidences it

Impact assessment as code from a template; FRIA and DPIA cross-references; re-assessment triggers.

Patterns that build it

Source

Chapter 08, section ISO/IEC 42001, 42005 and 42006, checked against its sources on the review date above.

Machine-readable

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). ISO/IEC 42005:2025: guidance for AI system impact assessment (AIGE-OBL-ISO42005-IA). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-iso42005-ia. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{ISO/IEC 42005:2025: guidance for AI system impact assessment (AIGE-OBL-ISO42005-IA)}},
  howpublished = {In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {0.5.0},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url          = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-iso42005-ia},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}