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Professor Andreas Schloenhardt
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Andreas Schloenhardt

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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

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Adelaide

Research interests

  • Smuggling of migrants, irregular migration, trafficking in persons

  • Trafficking in fauna and flora: illegal trade in wildlife, animal parts and plants

  • Organised Crime

  • 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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252 works between 1999 and 2025

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2016

Conference Publication

Smuggling of migrants from Pakistan

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2016). Smuggling of migrants from Pakistan. Regional Expert Group Meeting on Strengthening Capacities to Improve Joint Criminal Investigation and Prosecutions and to Disrupt Illicit Financial Flows from Smuggling of Migrants in South Eastern Europe, Belgrade, Serbia, 16 November 2016.

Smuggling of migrants from Pakistan

2015

Other Outputs

'Refugee Konvoi': Fluchthilfereaktionen haben strafrechtliche Folgen

Schloenhardt, Andreas and Sterkl, Maria (2015, 11 05). 'Refugee Konvoi': Fluchthilfereaktionen haben strafrechtliche Folgen Der Standard

'Refugee Konvoi': Fluchthilfereaktionen haben strafrechtliche Folgen

2015

Journal Article

Barriers to ratification of the United Nations protocol against the smuggling of migrants

Schloenhardt, Andreas and MacDonald, Hamish (2015). Barriers to ratification of the United Nations protocol against the smuggling of migrants. Asian Journal of International Law, 7 (1), 1-26. doi: 10.1017/S2044251315000211

Barriers to ratification of the United Nations protocol against the smuggling of migrants

2015

Other Outputs

Strafrechtsprofessor: Grenzzäune machen Schlepperei erst möglich

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2015, 10 12). Strafrechtsprofessor: Grenzzäune machen Schlepperei erst möglich Der Standard

Strafrechtsprofessor: Grenzzäune machen Schlepperei erst möglich

2015

Other Outputs

Schlepper: Straftäter, Sündenbock oder Samariter?

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2015, 08 28). Schlepper: Straftäter, Sündenbock oder Samariter? Der Standard

Schlepper: Straftäter, Sündenbock oder Samariter?

2015

Journal Article

Samariter, Schlepper, Straftäter: Fluchthilfe Und Migrantenschmuggel Im 21. Jahrhundert

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2015, 04 25). Samariter, Schlepper, Straftäter: Fluchthilfe Und Migrantenschmuggel Im 21. Jahrhundert Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte

Samariter, Schlepper, Straftäter: Fluchthilfe Und Migrantenschmuggel Im 21. Jahrhundert

2015

Book

Migrant Smuggling in Asia: Current Trends and Related Challenges

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2015). Migrant Smuggling in Asia: Current Trends and Related Challenges. Bangkok, Thailand: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Migrant Smuggling in Asia: Current Trends and Related Challenges

2015

Conference Publication

Turning Back the Boats: Australia's Interdiction of Irregular Migrants at Sea

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2015). Turning Back the Boats: Australia's Interdiction of Irregular Migrants at Sea. Protection Elsewhere, but Where? National, Regional and Global Perspectives on Refugee Law, Sydney, NSW, 20 November 2015.

Turning Back the Boats: Australia's Interdiction of Irregular Migrants at Sea

2015

Book

Trafficking in persons

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2015). Trafficking in persons. Sydney, NSW, Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths.

Trafficking in persons

2015

Book

Queensland Criminal Law

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2015). Queensland Criminal Law. 4th ed. South Melbourne, VIC Australia: Oxford University Press.

Queensland Criminal Law

2015

Conference Publication

Menschenhandel in Zeiten Wachsender Migrationsströme

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2015). Menschenhandel in Zeiten Wachsender Migrationsströme. EU Day Against Trafficking in Persons, Vienna, Austria, 14 October 2015.

Menschenhandel in Zeiten Wachsender Migrationsströme

2015

Book Chapter

Transnational organised crime

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2015). Transnational organised crime. Routledge Handbook of Transnational Criminal Law. (pp. 409-433) edited by Neil Boister and Robert J. Currie. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203380277

Transnational organised crime

2015

Journal Article

'Turning back the boats': Australia's interdiction of irregular migrants at sea

Schloenhardt, Andreas and Craig, Colin (2015). 'Turning back the boats': Australia's interdiction of irregular migrants at sea. International Journal of Refugee Law, 27 (4), 536-572. doi: 10.1093/ijrl/eev045

'Turning back the boats': Australia's interdiction of irregular migrants at sea

2015

Journal Article

Fluchthilfe Und Migrantenschmuggel Im 21. Jahrhundert

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2015). Fluchthilfe Und Migrantenschmuggel Im 21. Jahrhundert. Migazin, 31 Aug 2015

Fluchthilfe Und Migrantenschmuggel Im 21. Jahrhundert

2015

Journal Article

Samariter, Schlepper, Straftäter: Fluchthilfe Und Migrantenschmuggel Im 21. Jahrhundert

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2015, 01 01). Samariter, Schlepper, Straftäter: Fluchthilfe Und Migrantenschmuggel Im 21. Jahrhundert Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte 38-43.

Samariter, Schlepper, Straftäter: Fluchthilfe Und Migrantenschmuggel Im 21. Jahrhundert

2015

Book

People smuggling

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2015). People smuggling. Sydney, Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths.

People smuggling

2015

Journal Article

Samariter, Schlepper, Straftater: Fluchthilfe Und Migrantenschmuggel Im 21. Jahrhundert

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2015). Samariter, Schlepper, Straftater: Fluchthilfe Und Migrantenschmuggel Im 21. Jahrhundert. Aus Politik Und Zeitgeschichte, 65 (25), 38-43.

Samariter, Schlepper, Straftater: Fluchthilfe Und Migrantenschmuggel Im 21. Jahrhundert

2015

Journal Article

Prevention of Trafficking in Persons - Obstacles and Opportunities

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2015). Prevention of Trafficking in Persons - Obstacles and Opportunities. Schweizerische Zeitschrift fuer Kriminologie, 2015 (2), 3-17.

Prevention of Trafficking in Persons - Obstacles and Opportunities

2015

Conference Publication

Samariter Oder Straftäter: Zur Strafbarkeit Von Fluchthilfe Und Migrantenschmuggel'

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2015). Samariter Oder Straftäter: Zur Strafbarkeit Von Fluchthilfe Und Migrantenschmuggel'. IVR-Europagruppe, Occassional Seminars, Zurich, Switzerland, 16 December 2015.

Samariter Oder Straftäter: Zur Strafbarkeit Von Fluchthilfe Und Migrantenschmuggel'

2015

Book

Criminalizing the smuggling of migrants in International, European, and Austrian Law

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2015). Criminalizing the smuggling of migrants in International, European, and Austrian Law. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Verlag fuer Polizeiwissenschaft.

Criminalizing the smuggling of migrants in International, European, and Austrian Law

Funding

Past funding

  • 2012 - 2014
    Prosecuting migrant smuggling: International law and domestic practice
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2010
    Human Trafficking and the Protection of Foreign Sex Workers in Australia and Canada: A Comparative Analysis
    UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards - DVC(R) Funding
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2009
    Protecting foreign workers in Queensland's sex industry
    Legal Practitioner Interest on Trust Accounts Fund
    Open grant
  • 2008
    Research on Organised Crime in Australia and the Asia Pacific Region
    Australian Federal Police
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2009
    An organised crime legislation in Australia and the Asia Pacific region.
    United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2009
    Transitional organised crime: Contemporary criminology and criminal law in Australia and the Asia Pacific region
    Australian Institute of Criminology
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2006
    Transnational Organised Crime & International Criminal Law
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Professor Andreas Schloenhardt is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • 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.

  • 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

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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