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For decades, security studies have been polarized around a single concept: national security, interpreted as the fundamental condition of each and every nation state's security. However, the multiple attempts of guaranteeing the territorial integrity of the states exclusively through military power have not managed to improve the human condition of it's citizens. As a response, the international community correlated the economic development with military security and human rights, thus creating the concept of human security. This paper identifies and analyses the patterns through which the main traditional actors (states and international governmental organizations) get involved in granting the security of humans and communities during conflict situations. Regarding the states directly drawn into conflict, the main mean through which they can bring a plus of human security is by respecting the norms of International Humanitarian Law. The contribution of the third party states in ensuring the security of individuals and communities affected by conflict consists in: humanitarian assistance, host nation support, non-combatant evacuation or peace operations. As for the international governmental organizations, they often act as forums for political consultations and debates for finding viable solutions. By them, one can achieve the limitation of the conflict's development or even the immediate cessation of violence and repression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]