This submission to the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Representative on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises (“the Special Representative”) addresses two main areas: 1) the human rights responsibilities and accountability of transnational and other business enterprises (“TNCs”), primarily as related to the issues raised by the Special Representatives’ interim report...and; 2) the nature and extent of indigenous peoples’ rights in international law as reflected in the jurisprudence of United Nations and regional human rights treaty bodies... [includes case study on Bakhuys project, Suriname (joint venture Alcoa & BHP Billiton); also refers to Credit Suisse, UBS]