Implementation and Compliance Committee

The Minamata Convention on Mercury establishes, under its article 15, an Implementation and Compliance Committee (ICC) as a subsidiary body of the Conference of the Parties to promote implementation of, and review compliance with, all provisions of this Convention.

The Committee shall be facilitative in nature and shall pay particular attention to the respective national capabilities and circumstances of Parties. It shall examine both individual and systemic issues of implementation and compliance and make recommendations, as appropriate, to the Conference of the Parties.

Relevant decisions


ICC Rules

Rules of procedure for the Implementation and Compliance Committee(ICC) of the Minamata Convention on Mercury
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As developed by the ICC at its first meeting and adopted at the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Geneva, 19–23 November 2018 (decision MC-2/4)