This submission provides a factual summary of the work undertaken by ICMM member companies in human rights, as well as of some of the human rights challenges and dilemmas faced by the mining sector. It was developed by ICMM and its members whilst the SRSG’s Draft Interim Report was itself being developed. Thus, it is not intended as a detailed response to this, and nor as a set of detailed recommendations, but rather to provide some industry context for the SRSG’s work going forward. ICMM would nonetheless make two brief and broad points as an initial reaction to the Draft Interim Report...[refers to Alcoa, Freeport-McMoRan, Anglo American, Placer Dome, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, Falconbridge, AngloGold Ashanti, Newmont]