Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), on behalf of civil society organizations of the Mesa Nacional Frente a la Minería Metálica (Mesa), filed an amicus curiae brief in the Cayman LLC v. Republic of El Salvador case, currently being heard at the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). The…brief emphasizes the devastating impact on the local environment and on the human rights of the people that depend upon [it]…[T]he investor failed to adequately assess the environmental impacts of the mine…The ICSID Tribunal will decide whether the government of El Salvador will be forced to pay $77 million to an investor for denying a permit for its El Dorado Mine [refers to Pac Rim Cayman (part of Pacific Rim Mining)].