478 Revista del Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos Núm. 2 / 2013 phenomenon is new4, nevertheless since the nineties it has emerged as an important protagonist in the realm of peacekeeping and in the international arena5. This has led to the nineties being defined as the humanitarian decade6, a label that could be extended up to the present day. In this context the Security Council’s involvement can be explained; not only in the management and resolution of conflicts but also in the protection of human rights and international humanitarian law. Some authors have written about the humanitarian dimension to peacekeeping and the body responsible for its implementation7. And indeed there have been numerous measures adopted by the Council for the protection of civilians. Practice in relation to humanitarian mandates and their enforced protection8 has been preceded by an extension of the notion of a threat to peace, which is no longer considered as such when there is an absence of armed conflict, and takes on a social dimension, in which civilians occupy a fundamental place. The idea of human security9 4 FERRY, F., “Humanitarian action: victims of its own success”, VV.AA., The humanitarian decade. Challenges for Humanitarian Assistance in the last decade and into the future, Vol. I – II, Office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs, New York, 2004, pp. 42-45. 5 Roberts maintains that in the 1990s humanitarian issues played a central role that is reflected in the rapid succession of humanitarian crises stretching from Kurdish zones in 1991 to Kosovo in 1998. ROBERTS, A., “The role of humanitarian questions in international politics in the 1990s”, ICRC, nº 833, 1999, pp. 19-42. 6 Various authors, The humanitarian decade. Challenges for Humanitarian Assistance in the last decade and into the future, Vol. I – II, Office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs, New York, 2004; Kent, R.C., “International humanitarian crises: two decades before and two decades beyond”, International Affairs, Vol. 80, nº 5, 2004, pp. 851-869; SLIM, H., “Military intervention to protect human rights: The Humanitarian Agency Perspective”, Journal of Humanitarian Assistance, 2001, pp. 1-17. 7 MARQUEZ CARRASCO, C., “La nueva dimensión humanitaria del mantenimiento de la paz: La práctica reciente del Consejo de Seguridad”, in La asistencia humanitaria en derecho internacional contemporáneo, Seville, Secretariat of Publications at Seville University, Spanish Red Cross, 1997, pp. 81-125 8 CORTEN, O. & KLEIN, P., “Action humanitaire et Chapitre VII: La redéfinition du mandat et des moyens d’action des forces des Nations Unies”, AFDI, XXXIX, 1993, pp. 105-130 y de los mismos autores “L’autorisation de recourrir à la force à des fins humanitaires: droit d’ingérence ou retour aux sources?”, EJIL, Vol. 4, 1993, pp. 506-533 y “Action humanitaire et Chapitre VII: la redéfinition du mandat et des moyens d’action des forces des Nations Unies”, AFDI, Vol. XXXIX, 1993, pp.105-130. 9 KALDOR, M., “Nuevos conceptos de seguridad”, en GARCÍA, C. & RODRIGO, A. (eds.), La seguridad comprometida. Nuevos desafíos, amenazas y conflictos armados, Madrid, Ed. Tecnos, 2008, pp. 151-167; RAMON CHORNET, C., “Nuevos conflictos, nuevos riesgos para la seguridad humana”, in El derecho internacional humanitario ante los nuevos conflictos armados, Valencia, Ed. Tirant lo Blanch, 2002, pp. 355-370; PÉREZ DE ARMIÑO, K., “El concepto y el uso de la seguridad humana: análisis crítico de sus potencialidades y riesgos”, en Seguridad humana: conceptos, experiencias y propuestas,
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