Rizana is convicted by a Saudi court of strangling a baby on her care

Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) told BBC Sandeshaya that Saudi Commission is empowered to advise the king on rights related issues.

"We understand that the Commission is of the opinion that there has been a mistake by sentencing Rizana Nafeek," AHRC Executive director Basil Fernando said.

Appeal to the family

The Commission will also be able to negotiate with the victim's family on a possible pardon, Fernando added.

"The victim's family has the ultimate responsibility on the fate of Rizana, according to Saudi law".

Rizana Nafeek, a nineteen year old Sri Lankan house maid, was convicted of strangling a four month old infant in Saudi Arabia.

She was then sentenced a death penalty of beheading according to the Saudi Arabian High Court.

More Sri Lankans

The Sri Lankan girl, then seventeen years old, went to Saudi Arabia with high hopes of earning a living in order to help her family who were living in poverty.

As a signatory to the Vienna Convention of Consular Relations, Sri Lanka have a right to provide them with legal assistance Basil Fernando

She was still a schoolgirl studying at Sapi Nagar School. Her first thoughts at her tender age were a nice house and a good education for her family.

Sri Lanka's deputy minister of Foreign Affairs, Hussein Bahila, admitted that more Sri Lankans are facing death sentence in Saudi Arabia.

Vienna Convention

Basil Fernando says the Sri Lankan authorities have failed to offer legal assistance to the convicted people during their trials.

Sri Lanka government says it cannot intervene in judicial procedures of another sovereign country.

"But as a signatory to the Vienna Convention of Consular Relations, Sri Lanka have a right to provide them with legal assistance," Fernando told BBCSinhala.com.

Saudi authorities beheaded four Sri Lankans earlier this year despite repeated appeals by international human rights groups.