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Legal reasoning
AI suggests how a rule applies to facts in a case.
High-risk AI guide · Annex III
Annex III point 8
High-risk AI in justice and democratic processes
AI in justice and democratic processes needs extra traceability when facts, law, public choices or voting behaviour are affected.
What falls in scope?
Assisting legal fact or law interpretation.
Applying law to concrete facts.
Influencing election outcomes or voting behaviour.
Supporting democratic processes with possible impact.
When to review first?
Legal decision support
AI that applies law to facts
Voter targeting or behavioural steering
Civic decision support
What should a first review deliver?
Role of AI in reasoning
Traceability of sources and output
Safeguard against automation bias
Transparency around political targeting
Recognisable situations
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Case support
AI ranks files, arguments or evidence for review.
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Democracy
AI targets or steers voters in ways that may affect behaviour.
Based on official sources
This page is a practical guide for first classification and preparation. For legal decisions, a full system and context review remains necessary.
Other Annex III areas
Annex III point 4
HR and employment
Could the AI affect a person’s job opportunity, evaluation or working conditions?
High-risk AI in HR and employmentAnnex III point 5
Essential services
Could the AI make access to an essential service easier, harder or more expensive?
High-risk AI in essential servicesAnnex III point 3
Education
Does the AI support learning, or does it help decide something about a learner?
High-risk AI in educationAnnex III point 1
Biometrics
Can this biometric AI system be used at all, or does a prohibition need to be checked first?
High-risk AI in biometricsMake this concrete for your systems.
Start with the Gap Intake and share which AI systems, suppliers and processes are in scope. Then we can sharpen the classification and first evidence route.