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.
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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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2021
Other Outputs
Wie geht's dem UN Migrationspakt?
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2021, 05 17). Wie geht's dem UN Migrationspakt? Der Standard 4-4.
2021
Book Chapter
Smuggling of Migrants and Refugees
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2021). Smuggling of Migrants and Refugees. Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law. (pp. 535-552) edited by Catherine Costello, Michelle Forster and Jane McAdam. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
2021
Book Chapter
International cooperation under the Convention against Transnational Organised Crime: expectations and experiences
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2021). International cooperation under the Convention against Transnational Organised Crime: expectations and experiences. The Palermo Convention at twenty: the challenge of implementation. (pp. 109-117) edited by Serena Forlati. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.
2021
Book
Vertragliche umsetzungskontrolle im transnationalen strafrecht
Bernt, Max and Schloenhardt, Andreas (2021). Vertragliche umsetzungskontrolle im transnationalen strafrecht. Berlin, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-63277-2
2021
Journal Article
Pandemics, punishment, and public health: COVID-19 and criminal law in Australia
Lelliott, Joseph, Schloenhardt, Andreas and Ioannou, Ruby (2021). Pandemics, punishment, and public health: COVID-19 and criminal law in Australia. UNSW Law Journal, 44 (1), 166-195.
2021
Journal Article
Legal frameworks to combat organized crime in the Pacific Islands
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2021). Legal frameworks to combat organized crime in the Pacific Islands. Journal of South Pacific Law, 22, 112-139.
2021
Other Outputs
International cooperation in criminal matters involving the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime as the legal basis
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2021). International cooperation in criminal matters involving the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime as the legal basis. Digest of cases Vienna, Austria: United Nations.
2021
Journal Article
Pandemics, punishment, and public health: COVID-19 and criminal law in Australia
Lelliott, Joseph, Schloenhardt, Andreas and Ioannou, Ruby (2021). Pandemics, punishment, and public health: COVID-19 and criminal law in Australia. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 44 (1), 166-195.
2021
Journal Article
Regulation of Austria’s casino industry: politics, protectionism and profiteering
Schloenhardt, Andreas and Kramml, Johannes (2021). Regulation of Austria’s casino industry: politics, protectionism and profiteering. University of Nevada Las Vegas Gaming Law Journal , 11 (2) 4, 293-320.
2021
Book Chapter
A short history of smuggling of migrants in international law
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2021). A short history of smuggling of migrants in international law. Histories of transnational criminal law. (pp. 162-176) edited by Neil Boister, Sabine Gless and Florian Jessberger. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
2021
Book
Strafgesetzbuch - Austrian Criminal Code
Schloenhardt, Andreas, Höpfel, Frank and Eder, Johannes (2021). Strafgesetzbuch - Austrian Criminal Code. 2nd ed. Vienna, Austria: NWV - Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag.
2020
Edited Outputs
Entlegene Inseln und Drittstaaten: Internierung von AsylweberInnen in Australien
Österreichische Gesellschaft für Exilforschung and Schloenhardt, Andreas eds. (2020). Entlegene Inseln und Drittstaaten: Internierung von AsylweberInnen in Australien. Internierung - Internment, Vienna, Austria, 2-4 December 2020. Vienna, Austria: Österreichische Gesellschaft für Exilforschung.
2020
Edited Outputs
International cooperation under the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: expectations and experiences
Schloenhardt, Andreas ed. (2020). International cooperation under the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: expectations and experiences. La Convenzione delle Nazioni Unite contro la Criminalita Organizata Transnationale a venti anni dalla sua sottoscrizione, Milan, Italy, 26-27 November 2020.
2020
Other Outputs
Pandemic creating conditions ripe for human trafficking
Schloenhardt, Andreas and Flynn, Gerry (2020, 06 05). Pandemic creating conditions ripe for human trafficking Southeast Asia Globe
2020
Conference Publication
Legal frameworks to combat organised crime in the Pacific Islands
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2020). Legal frameworks to combat organised crime in the Pacific Islands. In: 20 years after Palermo: Revisiting the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, Online - hosted by University of Canterbury, (). 11 September 2020.
2020
Journal Article
More scope for murder: reckless indifference in Queensland's criminal code
Lelliott, Joseph, Schloenhardt, Andreas, Causer, Lauren and Skeen, Madeleine (2020). More scope for murder: reckless indifference in Queensland's criminal code. Criminal Law Journal, 44 (1), 19-31.
2020
Conference Publication
Wildlife trafficking: criminological, international law, and criminal law perspectives
Schloenhardt, Andreas and Ege, Gian (2020). Wildlife trafficking: criminological, international law, and criminal law perspectives. 16th Wissenschaftliche Fachtagung der Kriminologischen Gesellschaft - 16th Scientific Conference of the Criminological Society, Vienna, Austria, 5-7 September 2019. Moenchengladbach, Germany: Forum Verlag.
2020
Book Chapter
Wildlife trafficking: causes, characteristics, and consequences
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2020). Wildlife trafficking: causes, characteristics, and consequences. Wildlife trafficking: the illicit trade in wildlife, animal parts, and derivatives. (pp. 1-36) edited by Gian Ege, Andreas Schloenhardt and Christian Schwarzenegger. Berlin, Germany: Carl Grossmann.
2020
Book
Legislative guide for the protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, supplementing the United Nations Convention against transnational organized crime
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2020). Legislative guide for the protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, supplementing the United Nations Convention against transnational organized crime. Vienna, Austria: United Nations.
2020
Book
Criminal law in Queensland: principles, offences and defences
Schloenhardt, Andreas and Lelliott, Joseph (2020). Criminal law in Queensland: principles, offences and defences. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Thomson Reuters.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
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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: Dr 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
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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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