This article deals with the challenges faced by classic sovereignty within the international system, especially when it comes to human security. Human security, understood as comprehensive concept that goes beyond classical security, strengthens the idea of the individual as the main actor in international relations. It also puts individual security before state security. Likewise, the new actors that have risen within the international system weaken state governance unless a greater amount of state responsibility towards its citizens is shown. As such, human security has become an important idea in the XXIst century in order to achieve responsible governance. The article looks at the Colombian case.