
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. P
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.
Availability
- Professor Andreas Schloenhardt is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
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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2008
Conference Publication
Organised Crime in Australia: Trends and Developments
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2008). Organised Crime in Australia: Trends and Developments. Conference, Ottawa, July 29, 2008.
2008
Conference Publication
Trafficking in persons - Myths and realities
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2008). Trafficking in persons - Myths and realities. UQ Research Week 2008, St Lucia, Brisbane, Australia, 22 September, 2008. Brisbane, Australia:
2008
Conference Publication
Mafias and Motorbikes: New Organised Crime Offences in Australia
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2008). Mafias and Motorbikes: New Organised Crime Offences in Australia. Conference, Attorney-General's Department (Cth), Canberra, March 14, 2008.
2008
Conference Publication
Migrant Smuggling Issues
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2008). Migrant Smuggling Issues. Conference, Australian Defence College, Canberra (ACT), May 29, 2008.
2007
Journal Article
Transnational organized crime and international criminal law
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2007). Transnational organized crime and international criminal law. Waseda Proceedings of Comparative Law, 10, 311-334.
2007
Journal Article
North Korean refugees and International Refugee Law
Chan, Elim and Schloenhardt, Andreas (2007). North Korean refugees and International Refugee Law. International Journal of Refugee Law, 19 (2), 215-245. doi: 10.1093/ijrl/eem014
2007
Book
The Market for Amphetamine-type Stimulants and Their Precursors in Oceania
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2007). The Market for Amphetamine-type Stimulants and Their Precursors in Oceania. 1st ed. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.
2007
Book
Queensland Criminal Law: Critical Perspectives
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2007). Queensland Criminal Law: Critical Perspectives. 2nd ed. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
2007
Conference Publication
Sex, Drugs and Guns: Organised Crime in the South Pacific
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2007). Sex, Drugs and Guns: Organised Crime in the South Pacific. Regionalising Criminal Law, Christchurch, 18-20 August 2006.
2007
Book Chapter
Drugs, Sex and Guns: Organised Crime in the South Pacific
Schloenhardt, A. (2007). Drugs, Sex and Guns: Organised Crime in the South Pacific. Droit penal international dans le Pacifique: tentatives d'harmonisation regionale = Regionalising international criminal law in the Pacific. (pp. 159-184) edited by Neil Boister and Alberto Costi. Wellington, New Zealand: Association for Comparative Law/Association de Legislation Comparee des Pays du Pacifique.
2006
Journal Article
From Black Death to Bird Flu...
Schloenhardt, A. (2006). From Black Death to Bird Flu.... New England Journal of International and Comparative Law, 12 (2), 263-294.
2006
Journal Article
North Korean Refugees and International Refugee Law
Schloenhardt, A and Chan, (2006). North Korean Refugees and International Refugee Law. ISIL Yearbook of International Humanitarian and Refugee Law, V, 28-61.
2006
Book
Queensland Criminal Law: Critical Perspectives
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2006). Queensland Criminal Law: Critical Perspectives. 1st ed. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
2005
Journal Article
Transnational organised crime and the International Criminal Court developments and debates
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2005). Transnational organised crime and the International Criminal Court developments and debates. University of Queensland Law Journal, 24 (1), 93-122.
2005
Journal Article
Transnational organised crime and international law: The Palermo Convention
Schloenhardt, A. (2005). Transnational organised crime and international law: The Palermo Convention. Criminal Law Journal, 29, 340-354.
2005
Conference Publication
Extradition Measures
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2005). Extradition Measures. Enhancing International Law Enforcement Co-operation, including Extradition Measures - Workshop held at the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Bangkok, Thailand, 18-25 April 2005. Helsinki, Finland: HEUNI.
2005
Journal Article
Keeping the Ill out: Immigration Issues in Asia concerning the Exclusion of Infectious Diseases
Schloenhardt, A. (2005). Keeping the Ill out: Immigration Issues in Asia concerning the Exclusion of Infectious Diseases. Hong Kong Law Journal, 35 (2), 445-480.
2004
Journal Article
The 2003 SARS outbreak in Hong Kong: A review of legislative and border control measures
Chan, E. and Schloenhardt, A. (2004). The 2003 SARS outbreak in Hong Kong: A review of legislative and border control measures. Singapore journal of legal studies, 24 (December), 484-510.
2003
Book Chapter
Transnational Crime and Island State Security in the South Pacific
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2003). Transnational Crime and Island State Security in the South Pacific. Security in Oceania : in the 21st Century. (pp. 171-192) edited by Eric Shibuya and Jim Rolfe. Honolulu, Hawaii: Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.
2003
Book
Migrant smuggling: Illegal migration and organised crime in Australia and the Asia Pacific Region
Schloenhardt, A. (2003). Migrant smuggling: Illegal migration and organised crime in Australia and the Asia Pacific Region. Leiden; Boston: M. Nijhoff Publishers.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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Available projects
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Crimes against the Environment in International Criminal Law
In 2023, the Council of Europe started to draft a new convention ‘to protect the environment through criminal law’. Similar initiatives have been debated in the United Nations systems and by academic experts. Research on this topic can examine the new Council of Europe Convention in detail or look more broadly at existing or emerging international frameworks to criminalise crime against the environment.
For further information please contact Professor Andreas Schloenhardt, e: a.schloenhardt@uq.edu.au.
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Crimes against Cultural Property in International Criminal Law
In 2017, the Council of Europe adopted a new Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property. In addition, there is patchwork of other international frameworks that, directly or indirectly, address this crime type. Research on this topic can examine the new Council of Europe Convention in detail or look more broadly at existing or emerging international frameworks to criminalise offences relating to cultural property.
For further information please contact Professor Andreas Schloenhardt, e: a.schloenhardt@uq.edu.au.
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
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Accountability in Extraterritoriality: Principles, Means and Ends
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Anthony Cassimatis
Media
Enquiries
Contact Professor Andreas Schloenhardt directly for media enquiries about:
- 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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