Abstract
This article reviews the rights accorded to minority groups by the commitments of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)' and examines the various measures that have been put in place to enforce those commitments. The structure of the OSCE and the provisions relating to minorities' protection have evolved gradually over the last twenty-five years, slowly at first, then much more dramatically following the recent fall of communism in the East. The breakup of the former Eastern bloc and the ensuing rise of interethnic conflict have provoked concerns regarding the minority question in a way that scarcely could have been envisaged at the signing of the Helsinki Final Act in 1975.2 Consequently, the issue of minorities has come to the forefront of the OSCE agenda, making an examination of minority rights and related OSCE machinery timely. Particular attention is devoted to the work of the High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) whose mandate was established at the Helsinki
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