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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

161 - 180 of 252 works

2012

Journal Article

Hadi Ahmadi - and the Myth of the 'People Smugglers' Business Model'

Schloenhardt, Andreas and Ezzy, Linley (2012). Hadi Ahmadi - and the Myth of the 'People Smugglers' Business Model'. Monash University Law Review, 38 (3), 120-147.

Hadi Ahmadi - and the Myth of the 'People Smugglers' Business Model'

2012

Journal Article

Be careful what you pay for: awareness raising about trafficking in persons

Schloenhardt, Andreas, Astill-Torchia, Paris and Jolly, Jarrod (2012). Be careful what you pay for: awareness raising about trafficking in persons. Washington University Global Studies Law Review, 11 (2), 415-436.

Be careful what you pay for: awareness raising about trafficking in persons

2012

Conference Publication

Migrant Smuggling by Boat to Australia

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2012). Migrant Smuggling by Boat to Australia. Maritime Security Challenges, Victoria, BC, Canada, October 2, 2012.

Migrant Smuggling by Boat to Australia

2012

Journal Article

Fighting organized crime in the Asia Pacific region: New weapons, lost wars

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2012). Fighting organized crime in the Asia Pacific region: New weapons, lost wars. Asian Journal of International Law, 2 (1), 137-167. doi: 10.1017/S2044251311000075

Fighting organized crime in the Asia Pacific region: New weapons, lost wars

2012

Journal Article

Trafficking in persons for the purpose of organ removal: International Law and Australian Practice

Schloenhardt, Andreas and Garbutt, Samantha (2012). Trafficking in persons for the purpose of organ removal: International Law and Australian Practice. Criminal Law Journal, 36 (3), 145-158.

Trafficking in persons for the purpose of organ removal: International Law and Australian Practice

2012

Other Outputs

Assessment guide to the criminal justice response to the smuggling of migrants

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2012). Assessment guide to the criminal justice response to the smuggling of migrants. Vienna, Austria: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Assessment guide to the criminal justice response to the smuggling of migrants

2012

Journal Article

Punishing trafficking in persons: international standards and Australian experiences

Schloenhardt, Andreas and Cameron, Matthew (2012). Punishing trafficking in persons: international standards and Australian experiences. Bond Law Review, 24 (1), 1-29.

Punishing trafficking in persons: international standards and Australian experiences

2011

Other Outputs

Dass der Migrationspakt instrumentalisiert wird, war vorhersehbar

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2011, 10 31). Dass der Migrationspakt instrumentalisiert wird, war vorhersehbar Der Standard 1-1.

Dass der Migrationspakt instrumentalisiert wird, war vorhersehbar

2011

Other Outputs

Pakistan's law enforcement response to the smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons

Schloenhardt, Andreas and Jolly, Jarrod (2011). Pakistan's law enforcement response to the smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons. Islamabad, Pakistan: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Pakistan's law enforcement response to the smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons

2011

Other Outputs

Irregular migration and associated crime in Pakistan: a review of the Federal Investigation Agency's (FIA) training programmes

Schloenhardt, Andreas and Hall, Brendan P. J. (2011). Irregular migration and associated crime in Pakistan: a review of the Federal Investigation Agency's (FIA) training programmes. Pakistan: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Irregular migration and associated crime in Pakistan: a review of the Federal Investigation Agency's (FIA) training programmes

2011

Journal Article

Return and reintegration of human trafficking victims from Australia

Schloenhardt, Andreas and Loong, Mark (2011). Return and reintegration of human trafficking victims from Australia. International Journal of Refugee Law, 23 (2), 143-173. doi: 10.1093/ijrl/eer003

Return and reintegration of human trafficking victims from Australia

2011

Journal Article

Trafficking in persons and victim health in Australia

Schloenhardt, Andreas and Klug, Benjamin (2011). Trafficking in persons and victim health in Australia. Journal of Law and Medicine, 19 (2), 397-414. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2045342

Trafficking in persons and victim health in Australia

2011

Journal Article

Banning the bikies: Queensland's Criminal Organisation Act 2009

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2011). Banning the bikies: Queensland's Criminal Organisation Act 2009. Queensland Lawyer, 31 (Part 2), 100-113.

Banning the bikies: Queensland's Criminal Organisation Act 2009

2011

Conference Publication

Be Careful What You Pay For. Awareness Raising About Trafficking in Persons

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2011). Be Careful What You Pay For. Awareness Raising About Trafficking in Persons. Australian Institute of Criminology Trafficking in Persons Research Forum, Canberra, ACT, November 24, 2011.

Be Careful What You Pay For. Awareness Raising About Trafficking in Persons

2011

Conference Publication

Ten Years After Palermo; No Victory in the War on Organized Crime

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2011). Ten Years After Palermo; No Victory in the War on Organized Crime. 41st Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC, November 16-19, 2011.

Ten Years After Palermo; No Victory in the War on Organized Crime

2011

Conference Publication

Awareness Raising on Trafficking in Persons - Australian Experiences

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2011). Awareness Raising on Trafficking in Persons - Australian Experiences. Fourth Session of the United Nations Intergovernmental Working Group on Trafficking in Persons, Vienna, Austria, October 10-12, 2011.

Awareness Raising on Trafficking in Persons - Australian Experiences

2011

Journal Article

To ratify or not to ratify? Exploring the barriers to wider ratification of the trafficking in persons protocol

Schloenhardt, Andreas and Bevan, Ellen (2011). To ratify or not to ratify? Exploring the barriers to wider ratification of the trafficking in persons protocol. New Zealand Yearbook of International Law, 9, 161-184.

To ratify or not to ratify? Exploring the barriers to wider ratification of the trafficking in persons protocol

2011

Book

Queensland criminal law

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2011). Queensland criminal law. 2nd ed. South Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Oxford University Press.

Queensland criminal law

2011

Conference Publication

Migrant Smuggling and Organised Crime in Australia

Schloenhardt, Andreas (2011). Migrant Smuggling and Organised Crime in Australia. Safeguarding Australia 2011: 10th National Conference, Canberra, ACT, September 14, 2011.

Migrant Smuggling and Organised Crime in Australia

2011

Other Outputs

Smuggling of migrants by land, air and sea in Pakistan: a review of national laws and treaty compliance

Schloenhardt, Andreas and Jolly, Jarrod (2011). Smuggling of migrants by land, air and sea in Pakistan: a review of national laws and treaty compliance. Pakistan: UNODC.

Smuggling of migrants by land, air and sea in Pakistan: a review of national laws and treaty compliance

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:
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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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