US EditionHuman rights situation in Colombia is backsliding, UN warns as nation heads into elections
Colombia saw an 85% rise in displacement and 150 confirmed cases of forced child recruitment in 2025, raising concerns for election safety and human rights, the UN said.
- On Thursday, the United Nations warned Colombia risks reverting to pre-peace-deal human rights conditions and that rising rural violence could undermine elections including the March 8 legislative and May presidential votes.
- Territorial fights since the 2016 FARC peace deal have surged as rebel groups including dissident FARC elements and drug traffickers contest vacated areas, while President Gustavo Petro's 'total peace' strategy faces incomplete implementation.
- New figures show a sharp rise in forced recruitment of children, with the U.N. confirming 150 cases in 2025, likely undercounted due to social media recruitment methods.
- The killing and attacks on political leaders heighten electoral risk, with conservative presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe shot in June and dying two months later, amid 18 murders and 126 attacks last year.
- The report urged the next administration to focus on full implementation of the 2016 FARC peace pact and schemes to transition coca farmers, `This report is an early warning`, Scott Campbell said.
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Human rights situation in Colombia is backsliding, UN warns as nation heads into elections
The United Nations warns Colombia risks sliding back into a harsh human rights crisis as rural violence surges and threatens upcoming elections.
UN warns reconfiguration of violence in Colombia: 53 massacres and 150 minors recruited at 2025 Agencia Period... Thu, 26/02/2026 - 20:58 Radiography of the conflict at the national level.
UN warns that Colombia faces critical setbacks in human rights as presidential elections approach TuBarco News The United Nations issued on Thursday an urgent warning about the deterioration of the human rights situation in Colombia, noting that the country runs the risk of "reverting the serious situation" it faced before the historic peace agreement with the FARC, while preparing for crucial elections in the coming months. International News. …
Violence in Colombia could undermine elections: UN report
Medellín, Colombia – A new United Nations Human Rights High Commission report has warned that non-State armed groups are using violence to control civilian populations in Colombia, threatening the integrity of presidential elections scheduled for May 31. Following the killing of presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay in August 2025, the report warns that escalating violence prevents the full implementation of Colombia’s peace process and “ma…
UN report warns Colombia faces worsening human rights crisis
Colombia is at risk of sliding back into one of the darkest chapters of its recent history, according to a stark new report by the United Nations, which warns that escalating violence, territorial control by illegal armed groups and political instability are eroding hard-won human rights gains. The annual assessment by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights paints a troubling picture of 2025: a country where armed actors have deepe…
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