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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2025/2855(RSP))

On the situation in Colombia after the wave of recent terrorist attacks

B-10-2025-0370

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group · Rapporteur: Leoluca Orlando, Maria Ohisalo, Nicolae Ștefănuță, Ville Niinistö, Mounir Satouri

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Parliament condemns the terrorist attacks in Colombia and the assassination of Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, and expresses deep concern over escalating violence. It calls on Colombian authorities to accelerate implementation of the 2016 peace agreement, protect human rights and environmental defenders, and address gender and ethnic violence. It urges the EU and member states to support peace implementation, ensure funding, and strengthen international presence.

Key points

  1. Strongly condemns the attacks in Colombia and the assassination of Miguel Uribe Turbay, a senator and presidential candidate.
  2. Calls on Colombian authorities to pursue and bring to justice the instigators of these attacks.
  3. Calls on Colombia to reject political polarisation, hate speech and violence, especially before elections, and to protect political candidates.
  4. Supports implementation of the Final Agreement and urges acceleration, including reintegration of former combatants and restorative sentences.
  5. Calls for urgent protection of environmental defenders and integration of climate action into security and rural policies.
  6. Highlights gender-based violence and calls for action to support women defenders and former combatants.
  7. Concerned about security issues for ethnic communities, including indigenous and Afro-Colombian leaders.
  8. Calls for strengthening UN presence and continuing the UN Verification Mission in Colombia.
  9. Urges EU institutions and member states to press for full implementation of the Final Agreement and investigate criminal structures.
  10. Calls for EU funding for peace implementation, focusing on gender and inclusion, and for direct access for civil society.
  11. Calls on EU to support international humanitarian law and protection of civilians.
  12. Calls for EU-CELAC summit to make peace implementation a key aspect.

Who is affected

  • Colombian authorities and government: urged to accelerate peace implementation and protect defenders.
  • Human rights and environmental defenders in Colombia: need protection and support.
  • Women and ethnic communities: face specific violence and need targeted measures.
  • EU institutions and member states: called to provide funding and political pressure.

Figures and deadlines

  • 34 % of Final Agreement measures fully implemented, 19 % partially, 38 % minimally, 9 % not implemented by November 2024.
  • At least 19 killed and more than 40 injured in attacks on 21 August 2025.
  • 81 human rights defenders killed in first five months of 2025.
  • 157 of 324 human rights defenders killed worldwide in 2024 and 2025 were in Colombia.
  • 1.45 million people affected by violence in first half of 2025, four times as many as in 2024.
  • Over 70 200 people forcibly displaced in first half of 2025, 30 % more than in whole of 2024.
  • 52 massacres with 172 victims documented in 2025.
  • Illegal armed groups present in over 73 % of the country (809 municipalities).