Working Group on Statutes and Rules

The Working Group on Statutes and Rules shall:
• identify any sections of the Statutes and Internal Rules that could be contested, are ambiguous or are incomplete;
• identify any ambiguities and/or inconsistencies between the Statutes and the Internal Rules;
• analyse and identify any issues that affect the present governance structure and practices, based on feedback provided by former working groups, the membership and the ICOM Secretariat;
• provide proposals, improvements, alternatives and options (with a detailed explanation), that will - enable the governing bodies of ICOM to make well informed decisions;
• the Principal Legal Officer of the ICOM Secretariat and a lawyer will review the proposals and convert them into legal terms, and will ensure that the ICOM Statutes and Internal Rules comply with 1901 French law.

Mandate: 2023-2025

Chair: Jean-François Canat

Vice-chairs: Kate Seymour (ICOM Netherlands), Alexandre Chevalier (ICOM Belgium)

Members: Robert Haroutunian (ICOM United States), Giuliana Ericani (ICOM Italy), Jahangir Hussain (ICOM Bangladesh), Chunni Chiu (ICOM Japan), Henrietta Galambos (ICOM Hungary), Julián Roa Triana (ICOM Colombia)

Ex officio: Emma Nardi, ICOM President , Luis Raposo, Executive Board Representative

ICOM Secretariat:
Medea Ekner, Director General (interim)
Valentine Molineau, Legal advisor
Marion Torterat, Legal coordinator