The humanitarian situation in Colombia was at its worst level in a decade in 2025, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said in a report released on Tuesday.
In its annual report, the Red Cross documented 965 people killed or injured by explosive devices, a 34% increase compared with the previous year. The number of disappearances related to conflict doubled to 308, while alleged violations of international humanitarian law documented by the ICRC reached 845 cases.
The number of people displaced individually doubled compared with the previous year, with more than 235,000 people forced to leave their homes.
"The humanitarian situation in 2025 is the result of a progressive deterioration that the ICRC has warned about since 2018," said Olivier Dubois, head of the ICRC regional delegation in Bogotá. "Civilians are experiencing increasingly serious consequences as a result."
According to the report, armed clashes intensified and in many cases took place in populated areas or near residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure, exposing communities to heightened dangers. Around 175,000 people were said to have been placed under curfew by armed groups in their communities.
Colombia's civil war, involving leftist rebels, right-wing paramilitaries and government forces, lasted 52 years, leaving 220,000 dead and millions displaced.
While most militants with FARC, at the time the country's largest guerrilla group, disarmed after the peace accord with the Colombian government in 2016, some splinter groups remain active, often in criminal enterprises.
