Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) calls on Members of Parliament to not rush through enacting the law until concerns are addressed. On the 9th of …
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) with funding from the European Union, along with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations …
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) calls upon the government to seek the assistance of acknowledged independent and non-partisan experts both domestically …
The Government of China has allocated 7.68 billion rupees as a grant to completely renovate the Supreme Court complex where the Supreme Court and the Court of …
The Right to Information (RTI) Commission, which is the central appellate and monitoring body established under the Right to …
Sri Lanka has a robust legal framework to tackle contemporary forms of slavery and been making progress in other areas, such as increasing minimum age of …
A Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Justice and the Colombo Port City Economic Commission was signed on Wednesday at the Ministry of Justice, …
The Committee appointed to review demarcation of jurisdiction and to increase the number of Courts presented its report to the Minister of Justice Ali Sabry on …
The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Arjuna Obeysekera, was sworn in as a Supreme Court Judge before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential …
President's Counsel Sanjay Rajaratnam was sworn in as the new Attorney General before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat, today (26). …
On the 20th of May 2021, the Parliament of Sri Lanka passed the Colombo Port City Economic Bill into law. Two days prior to the vote on the Bill, the Speaker …
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena informed Parliament today that some clauses in the Port City Economic Commission Bill are inconsistent with the Constitution …
With support from the United States, the Attorney General’s Department inaugurated a state-of-the-art training center and launched an electronic system to …
The Executive Committee of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) requests the Government to defer further action on the Colombo Port City Economic Commission …
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) expresses serious concern about the recent reports of incidents involving the use of force by certain Police Officers …
The Election to select the 26th President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka concluded yesterday with Saliya Pieris, PC being declared the winner having …
The Ministry of Justice, the Judicial Services Commission and the Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) jointly initiated a program to …
The current problem of the country is nothing with the laws and Statutes but with the governance where the executive has taken over the functions of the …
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a 18-member De-Regulation Commission for the Simplification of the Existing Laws and Regulations in the interest of …
Dec 14, 2020 (LBO) – The new building constructed for the duties of the Attorney General's Department was declared open this morning at the invitation of the …