Tokens: 5
.
As
far
as
the
travelling
abroad
is
concerned
,
within
ten
days
of
the
child
's
return
to
the
mother
on
8
August
1998
the
applicant
requested
the
court
to
prevent
a
passport
from
being
issued
for
the
child
,
submitting
that
the
mother
intended
to
abduct
the
child
and
take
him
abroad
.
To
us
such
an
assertion
,
by
its
nature
and
timing
,
can
only
be
regarded
as
the
next
move
on
the
legal
chessboard
.
The
answer
given
to
the
applicant
was
that
,
until
the
date
on
which
the
judgment
removing
his
parental
rights
obtained
legal
force
,
the
passport
would
not
be
issued
without
his
approval
.
That
stands
to
reason
.
But
as
soon
as
that
judgment
did
become
final
and
only
the
mother
held
parental
rights
,
there
were
no
further
legal
obstacles
to
the
issuing
of
a
passport
for
the
child
.
The
mother
's
right
to
travel
with
her
child
,
if
need
be
abroad
,
is
also
a
fundamental
right
(
Article
8
in
conjunction
with
Article
2
§
§
1
and
2
of
Protocol
No
.
4
)
.
She
merely
availed
herself
of
that
right
.
Can
one
really
argue
that
the
national
authorities
were
under
a
legal
(
or
moral
)
obligation
to
warn
the
applicant
,
who
had
lost
his
parental
rights
,
that
the
mother
,
who
did
have
parental
rights
,
was
going
abroad
on
30
May
2000
?
And
can
one
blame
the
State
for
the
fact
that
the
mother
apparently
wanted
to
start
a
new
life
with
the
child
abroad
and
broke
off
all
contact
with
the
applicant
?
One
can
not
expect
the
impossible
from
the
national
authorities
.
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