The Council
The Council is the policy-making body of the Commission, made of representatives of Catholic Episcopal Conferences and other Catholic organizations concerned with migration and refugee issues.
The Council is the policy-making body of the Commission, made of representatives of Catholic Episcopal Conferences and other Catholic organizations concerned with migration and refugee issues.
Appointed by the Council, the Governing Committee oversees the implementation of the Council’s decisions, guiding the work done by the Commission through the Secretariat and the affiliated and field offices.
As the Commission’s executive body, it implements the Governing Committee’s decisions, leads its policy work, and provides oversight and support to ICMC’s affiliated and field offices across the world.
ICMC gives priority to assist the most vulnerable people in need of protection. Its programs are based on needs-first and right-based approaches. They comply with humanitarian standards, principles of good governance, and Catholic social teachings.
ICMC is committed to ensure exemplary professional behavior and uplifting relations with the people it serves, as well as decent and respectful working conditions for its staff.
Protection From Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse (PSHEA) is at the core of ICMC’s commitment to safeguard vulnerable populations and hold itself accountable to the people it assists.
Children are among the most vulnerable of forcibly displaced people and need special protection. ICMC’s Child Safeguarding Policy emphasizes the organization’s commitment to hold itself accountable to the children it serves.