
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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2017
Conference Publication
Preventing migrant smuggling: promoting safe migration
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2017). Preventing migrant smuggling: promoting safe migration. Worldbank KNOMAD Expert Group on the Global Compact on Migration,, Berlin, Germany, 8 June 2017.
2017
Book
Schlepperkriminalität in Österreich
Andreas Schloenhardt ed. (2017). Schlepperkriminalität in Österreich. Vienna, Australia: NWV.
2017
Conference Publication
'Prevention'
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2017). 'Prevention'. Conference on Smuggling of Migrants, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France, 2017.
2017
Conference Publication
Migrant smuggling in South and Southeast Asia
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2017). Migrant smuggling in South and Southeast Asia. 5th Conference of the Law Enforcement Joint Management Group on People Smuggling, Palm Cove, Qld, Australia, 16 May 2017.
2016
Journal Article
Illegale Risikoprämie Oder Rechtmäßiger Fuhrlohn? Erwaegungen Zur Jüngsten OGH Rechtsprechung Zu Schlepperei Und Taxifahrten
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2016). Illegale Risikoprämie Oder Rechtmäßiger Fuhrlohn? Erwaegungen Zur Jüngsten OGH Rechtsprechung Zu Schlepperei Und Taxifahrten. Juristische Blaetter, 138 (111), 745-748.
2016
Other Outputs
Identification of Technical Assistance Needs and Good Practices Relating to the Criminalization of Obstruction of Justice (article 23)
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2016). Identification of Technical Assistance Needs and Good Practices Relating to the Criminalization of Obstruction of Justice (article 23). Geneva, Switzerland: Working Group of Government Experts on Technical Assistance, United Nations.
2016
Journal Article
Non-criminalisation of victims of trafficking in persons: principles, promises, and perspectives
Schloenhardt, Andreas and Markey-Towler, Rebekah (2016). Non-criminalisation of victims of trafficking in persons: principles, promises, and perspectives. Groningen Journal of International Law, 4 (1), 10-38.
2016
Other Outputs
Smuggling of migrants from Pakistan: reasons, routes, and risk
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2016). Smuggling of migrants from Pakistan: reasons, routes, and risk. Islamabad, Pakistan: UNODC Country Office Pakistan.
2016
Other Outputs
Widerstand gegen "Pazifische Lösung" wächst
Schloenhardt, Andreas and Son Hoang, Kim (2016, 06 07). Widerstand gegen "Pazifische Lösung" wächst Der Standard
2016
Journal Article
Prosecutions of people smugglers in Australia 2011-14
Schloenhardt, Andreas and Craig, Colin (2016). Prosecutions of people smugglers in Australia 2011-14. Sydney Law Review, 38 (1), 49-83.
2016
Other Outputs
Asylsuchenden früher helfen
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2016, 02 18). Asylsuchenden früher helfen Neues Deutschland
2016
Journal Article
Penalties and punishment: people smugglers before Australian courts
Schloenhardt, Andreas and Craig, Colin (2016). Penalties and punishment: people smugglers before Australian courts. Criminal Law Journal, 40 (2), 92-109.
2016
Book Chapter
The UN protocol against the smuggling of migrants by land, sea and air 2000
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2016). The UN protocol against the smuggling of migrants by land, sea and air 2000. International law and transnational organised crime. (pp. 169-196) edited by Pierre Hauck and Sven Peterke. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
2016
Conference Publication
Smuggling of Migrants - Concepts, Criteria, Contemporary Challenges
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2016). Smuggling of Migrants - Concepts, Criteria, Contemporary Challenges. Migrant Smuggling, International Commission of Jurists, Bern, Switzerland, 3 June 2016.
2016
Book
Austrian Criminal Code
Andreas Schloenhardt and Frank Hoepfel eds. (2016). Austrian Criminal Code. Vienna: NWV - Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag.
2016
Conference Publication
Schlepperei und Fluchthilfe: Straftaeter, Samariter oder Suendenbock?
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2016). Schlepperei und Fluchthilfe: Straftaeter, Samariter oder Suendenbock?. Sozialwissenschaftliches Kolloquium, Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany, 28 November 2016.
2016
Book Chapter
Fram 'Refugee Agent' to 'people Smuggler': the Smuggling of Migrants in International and Austrian Law
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2016). Fram 'Refugee Agent' to 'people Smuggler': the Smuggling of Migrants in International and Austrian Law. Schleppen, Schleusen, Helfen: Flucht Zwischen Rettung Und Ausbeutung. (pp. 487-501) edited by Gabriele Anderl and Simon Usaty. Vienna, Austria: Mandelbaum.
2016
Conference Publication
International Instrument to Combat Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2016). International Instrument to Combat Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons. Regional Expert Group Meeting on Irregular Migration, Islamabad, Pakistan, 6 June 2016.
2016
Journal Article
Menschenhandel in Zeiten Wachsender Migrationsstroeme
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2016). Menschenhandel in Zeiten Wachsender Migrationsstroeme. SIAK Journal, 2016 (1), 53-62. doi: 10.7396/2016_1_E
2016
Book
Legislative Guide for the Implementation of the United Nations Conventions Against Transnational Organized Crime
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2016). Legislative Guide for the Implementation of the United Nations Conventions Against Transnational Organized Crime. 2nd ed. Vienna, Austria: United Nations New York.
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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