Gauthier de Beco, LL.M. (2004) University of Nottingham, Ph.D. in Law (2009), University of Louvain, is post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Human Rights of the University of Leuven. He frequently provides advice on Article 33 CRPD and has published widely on national human rights institutions.

Das vorliegende Buch besticht durch die Kombination aus einer eingehenden theoretischen Aufarbeitung von Art. 33 UN-BRK mit praktischen Erfahrungsberichten aus einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten. Wertvoll ist es nicht zuletzt für politische Entscheidungsträger, (…), sowie für Interessensvertreter (…).Philip Czech, Newsletter Menschenrechte, 1 (2015), p. 81

• Preface (Gerard Quinn); Acknowledgements; Biographies; Editorial Introduction (Gauthier de Beco);Part I. Theoretical PartChapter 1: National Structures for the Implementation and Monitoring of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Gauthier de Beco and Alexander Hoefmans)Part II. Case studiesChapter 2: Implementation of Article 33 CRPD in Denmark: the Sails are up, but Where is the Wind (Maria Ventegodt Liisberg)Chapter 3: Implementation of Article 33 CRPD in the United Kingdom: the Need to Consolidate Civil Society Engagement (Rachel Murray and Kelley Johnson)Chapter 4: Implementation of Article 33 CRPD in Italy: Magna Pars est Profectus Velle Proficere (Delia Ferri)Chapter 5: Implementation of Article 33 CRPD in Slovenia: A Feeling of Confusion (Aleksandra Tabaj and Cveto Uršič)Chapter 6: Implementation of Article 33 CRPD in Austria: An Evolving Sense of Action (Marianne Schulze)Chapter 7: Implementation of Article 33 CRPD in Spain: A Rather Erratic and Improvised Experience (Francisco J. Bariffi)AnnexesUN Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesPrinciples relating to the status and functioning of national institutions for the protection and promotion of human rights (Paris Principles)