Addressing transnational repression of human rights defenders

1. ✓ Referred to committee (done) 13 March 2025
2. ✓ Committee work (done) Report adopted 16 October 2025
3. ✓ Tabled for plenary (done) 23 October 2025
4. ✓ Plenary vote (done) Adopted 13 November 2025
5. ✓ Parliament’s position (done) Final

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

Lead committee

Foreign Affairs AFET

Author

Chloé RIDEL (S&D)

Shadow rapporteurs

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE (EPP), Matthieu VALET (Patriots), Mariusz KAMIŃSKI (ECR), Jan-Christoph OETJEN (Renew), Hannah NEUMANN (Greens), Rima HASSAN (The Left), Tomasz FROELICH (ESN)

Each group's clear line at the date of the vote: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided; “< 10 voted” when fewer took part. Result: outcome, for–against–abstained (method).

Key: ✓ For ✗ Against ○ Abstained ÷ Divided (no clear line)

1. 13 Nov 2025 Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 4

   Adopted 315–202–119

   The Left

   Against ✗

   Greens

   Abst. ○

   S&D

   Against ✗

   Renew

   Against ✗

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   For ✓

   Patriots

   For ✓

   ESN

   Abst. ○

2. 13 Nov 2025 Final vote — text as a whole

   Adopted 512–76–52

   The Left

   For ✓

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   Divided ÷

   Patriots

   Divided ÷

   ESN

   Against ✗

1. Adopted by Parliament13 Nov 2025

   Adopted text TA10-0258/2025 TA-10-2025-0258

   Compare with tabled for plenary

2. Tabled for plenary23 Oct 2025

   Report A10-0206/2025 A-10-2025-0206

   Compare with committee draft

3. Committee draft10 Jun 2025

   Draft report (AFET) AFET-PR-774242

1. Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0206/2025 → Adopted text TA10-0258/2025

   ▸ AIAI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source

   Adds Cuba as a perpetrator and condemns an attack on a former Parliament vice-president. Softens provisions on shelter and asylum, removing specific calls for humanitarian visas and family reunification. Drops a paragraph on enforcing digital services and due diligence for tech companies.

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2. Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (AFET) → Report A10-0206/2025

   ▸ AIAI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source

   The report now proposes a formal definition of transnational repression and adds detailed statistics on its prevalence, naming specific perpetrator states. New provisions address digital repression, including spyware, social media, and technology companies' accountability, with calls for due diligence and reporting mechanisms. Protection measures for human rights defenders are expanded, covering visas, asylum, relocation, and support for gender-specific threats. The report strengthens calls for sanctions, legal accountability, and diplomatic coordination against perpetrators, including within EU member states. The other changes are formal: updated statistics in the explanatory statement.

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Permalink

https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2048

Official source

• Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL) ↗

Data source

• EP Open Data API: procedure record ↗

Licensed CC BY 4.0.

Retrieved

25 September 2026

European Parliament (2025). “Addressing transnational repression of human rights defenders”. Dossier, 13 November 2025. procId 2025-2048, reference 2025/2048(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2048 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F2048(INI). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2025-2048 (CC BY 4.0).

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