Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner tells BBC that IBAHRI is ‘absolutely welcome to come in’

The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) welcomes the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom’s recent public statement that IBAHRI representatives will be granted visas to enter Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka rules out entry to IBA lawyers: Fact finding mission is threat to sovereignty

Colombo: Calling it a "direct threat" to its sovereignty, Sri Lanka on Thursday said it will "never" allow the entry of a delegation of international lawyers led by former chief justice of India JS Verma to probe the controversial impeachment of the country's first woman chief justice.

Govt Debars Fact Finding Mission of International Bar Association Led by Former Indian Chief Justice Verma From Entering Sri Lanka

An International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) delegation has been forced to postpone a planned visit to Sri Lanka to assess the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary due to the last minute withdrawal of permission to enter the country.