The delegation, which arrived on Saturday, was headed by Lord Abernathy, the chairman of the International Bar Association Judges Forum.

He was accompanied by Zimbabwe Supreme Court judge N J Mcnally and ICJ Commissioner for India Rajeev Dhavan.

A draft report on the group's findings will be given to the Malaysian Government for comments before a final report is handed to the International Court of Justice.

Deputy prime minister in the prime minister's department, Ibrahim Ali, met with the group, which plans to meet with members of the legalcommunity. He briefed the jurists on Anwar's case and other issues of interest, including use of the Internal Security Act, which allows detention without trial.International jurist and human rights groups have denounced Anwar's seven-month trial and verdict. Amnesty International called Anwar ``a prisoner of conscience.'' The New York-based Lawyers Committee for Human Rights said the case amounted to a political persecution.

Anwar's 78-day trial ended on April 14 when the popular former No 2 leader was sentenced to six years in jail. Anwar has denied the charges against him, saying they were crafted to end his challenge to prime minister Mahathir Mohamad.