An ethics committee is a body that oversees the conduct of medical research and other human experimentation, in USA also called institutional review board.
Ethics committee may also refer to non-medical committees:
Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Ethics committee (European Union) Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology (Switzerland) FIFA Ethics Committee Philippine House Committee on Ethics and Privileges Philippine Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges United States House Committee on Ethics (popularly known as the Ethics Committee) United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics Ethics commission