On January 28, 2005, five non–governmental organizations, Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia (ACIJ), Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS), Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Consumidores Libres Cooperativa Ltda. de Provisión de Servicios de Acción Comunitaria, and Unión de Usuarios y Consumidores [hereinafter Petitioners] filed a “Petition for Transparency and Participation as Amicus Curiae” with ICSID in the above–entitled case. Asserting that the case involved matters of basic public interest and the fundamental rights of people living in the area affected by the dispute in the case, the Petitioners asked the Tribunal to grant three requests: