
Overview
Background
Andreas Schloenhardt is Professor of Criminal Law in the School of Law at The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia and Honorary Professor for Foreign and International Criminal Law in the Faculty of Law, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology at the University of Vienna, Austria.
Professor Schloenhardt is the convenor of the Transnational Organised Crime programme (https://toc.jura.uni-koeln.de/), a research and learning network with academic staff and students from the University of Vienna (Austria), the University of Zurich (Switzerland), the University of Cologne (Germany), the University of Ferrara (Italy), and the University of Queensland (Australia). Professor Schloenhardt holds a PhD in Law from The University of Adelaide. Prior to his position at The University of Queensland, he was a lecturer at The University of Adelaide Law School.
Professor Schloenhardt’s principal areas of research include criminal law, organised crime, smuggling of migrants, trafficking in persons, wildlife trafficking, narco-trafficking, terrorism, criminology, and immigration and refugee law. He is the author of many books and journal articles and his work is frequently cited by other scholars, in government reports, and judicial decisions, including the High Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Austria.
Professor Schloenhardt has held adjunct appointments and visiting professorships at the University of Zurich, the University of St Gallen, the University of Ferrara, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law , The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California. In 2011-2012, Professor Schloenhardt was a recipient of a Fellowship from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.
Professor Schloenhardt is a member of the Austrian Society of Criminal Law and Criminology and he has worked extensively with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Council of Europe, the Global Initiative against Transnational Crime, the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) and a range of law enforcement agencies in Australia and Asia.
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Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Adelaide
Research interests
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Smuggling of migrants, irregular migration, trafficking in persons
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Trafficking in fauna and flora: illegal trade in wildlife, animal parts and plants
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Organised Crime
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Immigration and Refugee Law
Research impacts
Professor Andreas Schloenhardt research work has shaped international and domestic laws and policies relating to organised crime, smuggling of migrants, trafficking in persons, and other areas of criminal law. He has been instrumental in developing interpretative tools, assessment guides, best practice guidelines and drafted national laws on these and other topics. This includes, inter alia, the Legislative Guide for the Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, the Assessment Guide for the Criminal Justice Response to Smuggling of Migrants, and the Wildlife and Forest Crime Analytical Toolkit. Professor Schloenhardt has developed a range of model laws for the United Nations and several Member States and worked closely with Australian Government agencies in the development and critical review of anti-organised crime legislation. His work has been cited in judicial decisions, including by the High Court of Australia, and he is frequent commentator in the Austrian, Australian, and Swiss news media.
Works
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Featured
2023
Book
UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: a commentary
Andreas Schloenhardt, Francesco Calderoni, Joseph Lelliott and Bettina Weißer eds. (2023). UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: a commentary. Oxford Commentaries on International Law, Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Featured
2023
Journal Article
A new international instrument against wildlife trafficking? An appraisal of current proposals
Schloenhardt, Andreas and Pitman, Madeleine (2023). A new international instrument against wildlife trafficking? An appraisal of current proposals. Melbourne Journal of International Law, 23 (2).
Featured
2013
Journal Article
Non-criminalization of smuggled migrants: rights, obligations, and Australian practice under article 5 of the protocol against the smuggling of migrants By land, sea, and air
Schloenhardt, Andreas and Hickson, Hadley (2013). Non-criminalization of smuggled migrants: rights, obligations, and Australian practice under article 5 of the protocol against the smuggling of migrants By land, sea, and air. International Journal of Refugee Law, 25 (1), 39-64. doi: 10.1093/ijrl/eet003
Featured
2013
Book
Trafficking in persons in Australia: myths and realities
Schloenhardt, Andreas and Jolly, Jarrod (2013). Trafficking in persons in Australia: myths and realities. Chatswood, NSW, Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths.
Featured
2012
Journal Article
Prosecution and punishment of people smugglers in Australia 2008-2011
Schloenhardt, Andreas and Martin, Charles (2012). Prosecution and punishment of people smugglers in Australia 2008-2011. Federal Law Review, 40 (1), 111-140. doi: 10.1177/0067205x1204000105
2025
Journal Article
Introduction to this special issue: happy birthday UNTOC!
Schloenhardt, Andreas, Weisser, Bettina and Boister, Neil (2025). Introduction to this special issue: happy birthday UNTOC!. Transnational Criminal Law Review, 4 (1), 1-3.
2025
Book Chapter
International frameworks for cooperation in organised crime cases
Schloenhardt, Andreas and Rule, Genevieve (2025). International frameworks for cooperation in organised crime cases. Organised crime, criminal procedure, and prisons: prosecuting and punishing organised criminal groups. (pp. 85-106) edited by Andreas Schloenhardt, Bettina Weisser, Monika Stempkowski and Gian Ege. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003519317-8
2025
Book
Organised crime, criminal procedure, and prisons: Prosecuting and punishing organised criminal groups
Andreas Schloenhardt, Bettina Weisser, Monika Stempkowski and Gian Ege eds. (2025). Organised crime, criminal procedure, and prisons: Prosecuting and punishing organised criminal groups. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003519317
2025
Conference Publication
The United Nations Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2025). The United Nations Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air. Regional Expert Consultation on the Smuggling of Migrants Legislative Guide and Model Legislative Provisions, El Sokhna, Suez, Egypt, 26-29 May 2025. UNODC, Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa.
2025
Edited Outputs
The United Nations convention against transnational organized crime turns 25 - challenges, celebrations, and controversies
Andreas Schloenhardt, Bettina Weißer and Neil Boister eds. (2025). The United Nations convention against transnational organized crime turns 25 - challenges, celebrations, and controversies. The United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime Turns 25, Cologne, Germany, 6 - 7 June 2024. Windsor, ON, Canada: University of Windsor.
2025
Book Chapter
Introduction
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2025). Introduction. Organised crime, criminal procedure, and prisons: prosecuting and punishing organised criminal groups. (pp. 1-5) edited by Andreas Schloenhardt, Bettina Weisser, Monika Stempkowski and Gian Ege. New York, NY, United States: Routledge.
2025
Book Chapter
Introduction
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2025). Introduction. Organised Crime, Criminal Procedure, and Prisons: Prosecuting and Punishing Organised Criminal Groups. (pp. 1-4) Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781003519317-1
2025
Book
Joint Investigations: legal and practical issues that could arise in the implementation of article 19 of the United Convention against Transnational Organised Crime
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2025). Joint Investigations: legal and practical issues that could arise in the implementation of article 19 of the United Convention against Transnational Organised Crime. Vienna, Austria: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
2025
Book Chapter
Organised crime and prisons
Schloenhardt, Andreas and Stempkowski, Monika (2025). Organised crime and prisons. Organised crime, criminal procedure, and prisons: prosecuting and punishing organised criminal groups. (pp. 153-169) edited by Andreas Schloenhardt, Bettina Weisser, Monika Stempkowski and Gian Ege. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003519317-12
2025
Book Chapter
Smuggling of migrants
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2025). Smuggling of migrants. Elgar concise encyclopedia of migration and asylum law. (pp. 541-545) edited by Vincent Chetail, Jittawadee Chontinukul and Giulia Raimondo. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781802204155.00099
2024
Book Chapter
Das Übereinkommen der Vereinten Nationen gegen die Grenzüberschreitende Organisierte Kriminalität wird 25
Schhloenhardt, Andreas (2024). Das Übereinkommen der Vereinten Nationen gegen die Grenzüberschreitende Organisierte Kriminalität wird 25. Festschrift Christian Graf. (pp. 371-387) edited by Monika Stempkowski and Katharina Beclin. Vienna, Austria: Verlag Österreich.
2024
Conference Publication
Matrix outlining legal and practical issues that could arise in the implementation of article 19 of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime on joint investigations
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2024). Matrix outlining legal and practical issues that could arise in the implementation of article 19 of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime on joint investigations. 12th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, Vienna, Austria, 14-18 October 2024.
2024
Conference Publication
International Instruments against Smuggling of Migrants: a gaps and needs analysis
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2024). International Instruments against Smuggling of Migrants: a gaps and needs analysis. Second Council of Europe Smuggling of Migrant Conference, Strasbourg, France, 10-11 September 2024.
2024
Journal Article
Thirty years of stalking – and further amendments to Queensland’s stalking offence
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2024). Thirty years of stalking – and further amendments to Queensland’s stalking offence. Criminal Law Journal, 47 (2), 109-123.
2024
Conference Publication
Status of implementation of joint investigations under article 49 of the United Nations Convention against Corruption
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2024). Status of implementation of joint investigations under article 49 of the United Nations Convention against Corruption. Open-ended intergovernmental expert meeting to enhance international cooperation under the United Nations Convention against Corruption, Vienna, Austria, 12-14 June 2024. United Nations.
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
The Smuggling of Unaccompanied Minors: International Law and Domestic Contexts
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Billings
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Indonesia's Criminal Justice Response to the Smuggling of Migrants
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Melissa Curley
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
From Retribution to Reintegration? Drug Courts in Australia
Principal Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Child Death, Neglect & Criminal Responsibility: The (In)adequacy of the Law of Homicide in Australia in Cases of Child Fatality Resulting from Parental Neglect
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Heather Douglas
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Accountability in Extraterritoriality: Principles, Means and Ends
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Anthony Cassimatis
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- Criminal law
- Criminology
- Detention of refugees and law
- Drug trafficking
- Human rights law
- Immigration law
- International criminal law
- Law - criminal
- Law - human rights
- Law - immigration
- Law - international criminal
- Law - refugee
- Organised crime
- Refugee law
- Terrorism
- Trafficking - drugs
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