This article develops the topic of the recovery of the individual as social actor in the reflection and current sociological practice, identifying and resigning their role in construction of individual and collective identity, and in the transformation processes of the socio-political reality from the interaction with other individuals from public or private institutions. Also, it performs an analysis of the historical role of social organizations and NGO in promoting and defending human rights and the recovery of the subject as a principal actor in protests processes and structural change in Colombia and the world.