IOC commissions may be created for the purpose of advising the Session, the IOC Executive Board or the President as the case may be.
The President establishes permanent or other standing or ad hoc commissions and working groups whenever it appears necessary. Except where expressly provided otherwise in the Olympic Charter or in specific regulations established by the IOC Executive Board, the President establishes their terms of reference, designates all their members and decides their dissolution once he considers that they have fulfilled their mandates. No meeting of any commission or working group may be held without the prior agreement of the President except where expressly provided otherwise in the Olympic Charter or in specific regulations established by the IOC Executive Board. The President is a member ex officio of all commissions and working groups and shall have precedence whenever he attends one of their meetings.
(Source: Olympic Charter)
Currently the IOC has the following commissions:
- Athletes' Commission
- Athletes' Entourage Commission
- Audit Committee
- Communications Commission
- Coordination Commissions
- Culture and Olympic Heritage
- Digital & Technology Commission
- Disciplinary Commission
- Ethics Commission
- Finance Commission
- Future Host Commission for the Olympic Winter Games
- Future Host Commission for the Games of the Olympiad
- Human Resources Committee
- IOC Executive Board
- IOC Members Election Commission
- IOC Television and Marketing Services - Board of Directors
- IOC Representatives on the WADA Executive Committee And Foundation Board
- Legal Affairs
- Marketing Members
- Medical and Scientific Commission
- Olympic Broadcasting Services - Boards of Directors
- Olympic Channel
- Olympic Channel Services
- Olympic Education Commission
- Olympic Programme Commission
- Olympic Solidarity Commission
- Public Affairs And Social Development Through Sport
- Sport and Active Society
- Sustainability and Legacy Commission
- Women In Sport