No major procedural or substantive document has been issued in this case to date; this summary is based on Procedural Orders No. 1 and No. 2 available in the case file. In José Alejandro Hernández Contreras v. Costa Rica (III), a dispute was initiated by a Venezuelan national against the Republic of Costa Rica under the terms of the 1997 Costa Rica-Venezuela Bilateral Investment Treaty. The arbitration is administered by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and is governed by the ICSID Additional Facility Arbitration Rules (2022). The arbitral tribunal was formally constituted on October 9, 2025, and is composed of Mélanie Riofrio Piché of Ecuador and France as President, with José Carlos Fernández Rozas of Spain and Luis Alberto González García of Mexico serving as co-arbitrators. The Claimant is represented by the law firm Reed Smith, while the Respondent, Costa Rica, is represented by Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer as well as counsel from its Ministry of Foreign Trade. Procedural Order No. 1, issued on November 27, 2025, memorializes the agreements reached and decisions made during the tribunal's first session, which was held via videoconference on November 24, 2025. The Order establishes the foundational framework for the arbitration. It confirms that the seat of the arbitration shall be Washington D.C., and that the language of the proceeding will be Spanish. The Order sets forth detailed protocols for all communications, the submission of documents, and the handling of evidence. It also addresses the potential for third-party funding, imposing a continuing obligation on the parties to disclose the name and address of any non-party from which they receive funds for the prosecution or defense of the case. The Order appoints María Paula Jijón as assistant to the tribunal President. The tribunal also established a comprehensive procedural calendar, setting forth the deadlines for the parties' written submissions and subsequent phases of the arbitration, including a phase for document production. The Order further notes that the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (2020) will serve as a non-binding guide for the tribunal on evidentiary matters. Procedural Order No. 2, issued on the same day, further elaborates on the procedural framework by establishing detailed rules for the document production phase. The Order sets out the specific format for requests and objections, adopting a schedule based on the model commonly known as a 'Redfern Schedule'. It outlines the permissible grounds for objecting to a document request, including legal privilege, excessive burden, commercial or technical confidentiality, and political or institutional sensitivity. The Order confirms that the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (2020) will govern the process and details the procedure for the Tribunal to rule on contested requests.