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.

CHAIR / LEAC REPRESENTATIVE
Jean-François CANAT, France

MEMBERS (with the nominating NC/IC/RA)
Alexandre CHEVALIER (Belgium)
Jenny CHIU (Japan and CAMOC)
Jean HILGERSOM (ICFA, CIPEG and the Netherlands)
Jahangir HUSSAIN (Bangladesh)
Johanna NDAHEKELEKWA NGISHIKO (Namibia)
Julian ROA TRIANA (ICOM LAC and Colombia)
Kate SEYMOUR (ICOM–CC and the Netherlands)

EX OFFICIO MEMBERS
Emma NARDI, ICOM President, Italy
Luis Raposo, Executive Board Member, Portugal

SECRETARIAT
Peter KELLER, Director General
Valentine MOLINEAU, Legal Advisor
Marion TORTERAT, Legal Coordinator