Ombudsman Calls on Authorities to React in Time on Tkibuli Mine Incident, 1 February 2022

The Public Defender of Georgia responds to the January 30 explosion in the Mindeli mine, in Tkibuli. The Public Defender expresses her deep grief over the incident, confirms her support to the families of the injured persons and wishes them a speedy recovery. The statement says that this is not the first case and in previous years a number of people have been victims of similar incidents in the Tkibuli mine...

The Public Defender calls on the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Labour Inspectorate to respond to the incident in a timely and effective manner, including by identifying the causes of the tragedy, in order to avoid similar cases in the future. The Public Defender also calls on the Labour Inspectorate to identify all the violations and risks within the framework of the current inspection and to use all legal levers to remedy them.

At the same time, the Public Defender considers it important to conduct systematic inspections in Tkibuli and other high-risk facilities in order to timely identify and eliminate violations," reads the statement...