Treaties over time in jurisprudence: Evaluation of the Judgment of the International Court of Justice In the Case Concerningthe Dispute Regarding Navigational and Related Rights

According to the general principle of inter-temporal law in the law of treaties, the terms of a treaty must be interpreted on the basis of their meaning at the time the treaty was concluded and according to the meaning which they possessed. But the contemporaneous meaning of a term will not always be decisive. So, we must also leave room for the consideration of treaties which evolve over time. This paper seeks to answer the question of whether can we make balance between the necessary of the principle of stability in the contractual relations, which is one of the principles of the Law of Treaties , and changes that might occur in a treaty in the future? The general question of “treaties in time” reflects the tension between the requirements of stability and change in the law of treaties. In this context, the evolutionary interpretation is a special techniques to determine the effect of the passage of time on treaties. Also, subsequent agreement and subsequent practice of States parties in the interpretation of a treaty play an effective role.