Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The complainant requested from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (‘the FCDO’), a copy of a European Union (‘the EU’) report into violence which occurred in Gujarat, India, in February and March 2002. The FCDO refused the request on the basis that section 27 of FOIA applied (international relations). The Commissioner’s decision is that the FCDO was correct to withhold the information under section 27(a) and (b) of FOIA. The Commissioner does not require the FCDO to take any steps.