Working Group on Statutes and Rules

The purpose of the Working Group is to revise the ICOM statutory and reglementary texts and the governance structure of ICOM, in particular by:
- identifying any sections of the Statutes and Internal Rules that could be contested, are ambiguous or are incomplete;
- identifying any ambiguities and/or inconsistencies between the Statutes and the Internal Rules;
- analysing and identifying any issues that affect the present governance structure and practices, based on feedback provided by former working groups, the membership and the ICOM Secretariat, as well as the recommendations made by the External Audit in April 2022;
- providing proposals, improvements, alternatives and options (with a detailed explanation), that will enable the governing bodies of ICOM to make well informed decisions; ICOM Legal Affairs team (ICOM Secretariat) and a lawyer will review the proposals and convert them into legal terms; and
- ensuring that the ICOM Statutes and Internal Rules comply with 1901 French law.

Term of office: 2026-2028

Chairs: María AUXILIADORA LLAMAS MÁRQUEZ (ICOM Spain) and Chunni CHIU, (ICOM Japan)

Members: David Andres JIMENEZ CABUYA (ICOM Colombia), Kiem LIAN THE (ICOM Netherlands), Jahangir HUSSAIN (ICOM Bangladesh), Giuliana ERICANI (ICOM Italy), Jean-Paul KOUDOUGOU (ICOM Burkina Faso), Lucie MBOGNI NANKENG (ICOM Cameroon), Keum-jin YOON (ICOM Korea), Joshi PRACHI (ICOM India)

Ex officio: Antonio RODRÍGUEZ, ICOM President

Executive Board Representative: Deborah TOUT-SMITH

ICOM Secretariat: Legal Affairs Unit
Contact: legal@icom.museum