Chevron brought a case against the Ecuador government after the company lost a court ruling on oil pollution costs, with an arbitration tribunal challenging the country's constitution.
These international tribunals challenge democratic control of resources and allow corporations to influence policy choices - especially in smaller, poorer countries for whom the threat of a lawsuit could act as a deterrent.
The forms included a request a detainee could sign seeking representation for an appeals court challenge of a tribunal finding.
Countering worries that companies might be able to overturn local anti-smoking laws, countries can specifically ban tobacco companies from using the tribunals to challenge health regulations — likely to the consternation of US lawmakers from tobacco-producing states.
The case against Ríos Montt and the former director of military intelligence, José Mauricio Rodriguez Sánchez, has been passed to a new tribunal, although legal challenges makes its renewal uncertain.
Ombudsmen, freedom of information, laws judicial reviews and administrative appeals and tribunals that hear challenges against bogus permits are often "absent or there in name only in countries most vulnerable to corruption," Mr. Taylor wrote.
The changes follow criticism of the MOD after it last year decided to challenge tribunal rulings that increased the payouts to two servicemen who developed medical complications after treatment for their initial injuries.
The most high-profile to date involves Uber — which in October 2016 lost an employment tribunal which had challenged the self-employed status of a group of Uber drivers, with judges deeming them to be workers.
In its submission on the proposed changes the Law Society said it believes "higher fees may deter individuals from going to the tribunal and bringing legitimate challenges".
"Like many other veterans with V.A.-appointed fiduciaries, Mr. Freeman has been trapped in a legal quagmire because the secretary asserts that whatever tribunal is hearing a challenge does not have jurisdiction to hear that challenge," Ms. Eagle said.
