Iceland’s Alleged Reservation to Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty

• Published in: Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
• Main Authors: Njarðarson, Sigurjón, Magnússon, Bjarni Már
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Stjórnsýslustofnun 2016
• Subjects: NATO; North Atlantic Treaty; international law; reservations; Norður-Atlantshafssamningurinn; þjóðaréttur; fyrirvarar; Enga; Setur; Iceland
• Online Access: http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2016.12.1.4; https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2016.12.1.4

When Iceland became a party to NATO, the Icelandic government seems to have believed that it made a reservation to the core obligation of the North Atlantic Treaty – the “one for all and all for one” obligation — in a speech held during a dinner celebrating its signature. A few decades later, this b...