Artikel III

1. The Commission shall be composed of a Board of Commissioners, a Director General and Staff. The Commissioners shall be appointed from among eminent persons. The current members of the Board of Commissioners are listed in the Annex to this Agreement.
2. The Board of Commissioners shall have the right to adopt Regulations regarding inter alia the appointment of Commissioners and their terms, the terms of appointment of the Director General and other staff of the Commission. The Board of Commissioners shall adopt a programme of work that may be amended from time to time. The programme of work shall normally not exceed five years and shall include the Commission’s requirements for completing such work.
3. The Board of Commissioners shall take decisions to invite others to join the Board of Commissioners by consensus. Other decisions may be taken with one dissenting vote or abstention. The Board of Commissioners shall elect a Commissioner as chairperson.
4. The Board of Commissioners may decide to invite other eminent persons to join them as necessary and may invite the nomination of Commissioners by States, whether or not such States are Parties to this Agreement.
5. The Director General may retain external advisers and experts and maintain advisory mechanisms that include representatives of international and other organisations, as well as of civil society and academia.