The ICOM Ethics Committee advises ICOM in all matters relating to museum professional ethics. The members of the Committee, whose mandate is renewed triennially, are appointed by ICOM’s President. The Committee operates in parallel to the Legal Affairs Committee and the Finance and Resources Committee, and works under the authority of the Executive Board.
The objectives of the Ethics Committee are as follows:
- Monitor the application of ICOM's Code of Ethics for Museums, inform the Executive Board of serious violations of the Code, and eventually request that certain recommendations be published;
- Recommend to the Executive Board, the Advisory Council and eventually the General Assembly, any changes or additions to ICOM's Code of Ethics for Museums that may be found necessary;
- Review on behalf of ICOM other Codes of Ethics that may be developed by the subordinate bodies of ICOM concerning their specialised domains;
- Maintain awareness and advise the Executive Board on evolving ethical issues affecting museums and their work within the cultural heritage sector today; submit a general report on the Committee’s work during the preceding triennium to each General Assembly coinciding with the General Conference of ICOM.
Mandate: 2023-2026
Chair: Léontine Meijer-Van Mensch (Netherlands)
Members: Sally Yerkovich (United States) (as Head of the Revision of the Code of Ethics), Jingfang Ai (China), Chedlia Annabi (Tunisia), Bruno Brulon (Brazil), Julie Higashi (Japan), Kathrin Pabst (Norway), Suzy Hakimian (Lebanon), Bongani Ndhlovu (South Africa), Luisa Onouha (Nigeria), Juhi Sadiya (India), Margarita Laraignée (Argentina), Luis Grau Lobo (Spain), Zsolt Sari (Hungary).
Ex-officio: Emma Nardi, ICOM President (ex officio), Steph Scholten, Executive Board Member (ex officio).
External expert : Luisa De Peña Díaz
ICOM Secretariat: Tito CHAN (Senior Membership Officer)
Contact: ethics@icom.museum