Северноатлантическият договор като „Международен договор във времето“
The North Atlantic Treaty as a “Treaty over Time”

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses the North Atlantic Treaty from the perspective of the new topic of the International Law Commission: “Treaties over Time”. The relevance of the concept of subsequent agreements and subsequent practice as a means of interpretation of the legal framework of NATO is outlined. The article also examines the relevance of the “treaties on wheels” theory to the processes taking place in NATO. The subsequent agreements and case law on the agreements, strategic concepts, declarations and other documents of the Alliance are evaluated as a most significant and predominant tool for the adaptation of the North Atlantic Treaty to the new, changed international context within which the Treaty operates. The practice of the NATO States and of NATO itself influenced the development of the meaning of subsequent agreements and case law beyond the concept of means of interpretation, under the provisions of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. Within the NATO framework, their definition was enriched to the extent that they became an instrument for the development and evolution of the treaties.

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