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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2010
Conference Publication
Trafficking in Persons in Australia: Myths and Realities
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2010). Trafficking in Persons in Australia: Myths and Realities. Conference, Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, GA, February 22, 2010.
2010
Journal Article
Palermo in the Pacific: Organized Crime Offenses in the Asia Pacific Region
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2010). Palermo in the Pacific: Organized Crime Offenses in the Asia Pacific Region. Global Consortium on Security Transformation Working Papers, Working Paper No 8, 37-37.
2009
Journal Article
Crimes (Criminal Organisations Control) Act 2009 (NSW)
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2009). Crimes (Criminal Organisations Control) Act 2009 (NSW). Criminal Law Journal, 33 (4), 281-286.
2009
Book
Palermo on the Pacific Rim: Organised Crime Offences in the Asia Pacific Region
Andreas Schloenhardt (2009). Palermo on the Pacific Rim: Organised Crime Offences in the Asia Pacific Region. 1st ed. Bangkok: Study Report.
2009
Conference Publication
Trafficking in Persons in Australia: Myths and Realities
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2009). Trafficking in Persons in Australia: Myths and Realities. Global Health and Human Rights, Seattle, WA, 111.
2009
Conference Publication
Palermo in the Pacific: Organised Crime Offences in the Asia Pacific Region
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2009). Palermo in the Pacific: Organised Crime Offences in the Asia Pacific Region. UNODC Report Launch, Foreign Correspondent's Club of Thailand, Bangkok, August 31, 2009.
2009
Journal Article
Trafficking in persons in Australia: Myths and realities
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2009). Trafficking in persons in Australia: Myths and realities. Global Crime, 10 (3), 224-247. doi: 10.1080/17440570903079931
2009
Other Outputs
Corruption in the forestry, wildlife, and fisheries sectors of Tanzania: an assessment of investigative and prosecutorial capacities
Schloenhardt, Andreas and Jarrod, Jolly (2009). Corruption in the forestry, wildlife, and fisheries sectors of Tanzania: an assessment of investigative and prosecutorial capacities. Vienna, Austria: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
2009
Conference Publication
Trafficking in Persons in Australia: Myths and Realities
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2009). Trafficking in Persons in Australia: Myths and Realities. m/a, Townsville Legal Community Centre, February 4, 2009.
2009
Conference Publication
Happy Birthday Brothels! Ten Years of Prostitution Regulation in Queensland
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2009). Happy Birthday Brothels! Ten Years of Prostitution Regulation in Queensland. UQ Research Week 2009, Brisbane, Sep 21, 2009.
2009
Journal Article
Happy birthday, brothels! Ten years of prostitution regulation in Queensland
Schloenhardt, Andreas and Cameron, Lachlan D. J. (2009). Happy birthday, brothels! Ten years of prostitution regulation in Queensland. Queensland Lawyer, 29 (4), 194-220.
2009
Journal Article
Human trafficking and sexual servitude in Australia
Schloenhardt, Andreas, Beirne, Genevieve and Corsbie, Toby (2009). Human trafficking and sexual servitude in Australia. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 32 (1), 27-49.
2009
Conference Publication
The 'Ocean Lady': A New Challenge of Illegal Migration on Canada's West Coast
Schloenhardt, Andreas and B Perrin (2009). The 'Ocean Lady': A New Challenge of Illegal Migration on Canada's West Coast. The University of British Columbia, Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC Vancouver, 28 October 2009.
2009
Conference Publication
Mafias and Motorbikes: New Organised Crime Laws in Australia
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2009). Mafias and Motorbikes: New Organised Crime Laws in Australia. Supreme Court Judges Seminar, Brisbane, Qld, August 10, 2009.
2009
Journal Article
Taming the Triads: Organised crime offences in PR China, Hong Kong and Macau
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2009). Taming the Triads: Organised crime offences in PR China, Hong Kong and Macau. Hong Kong Law Journal, 38 (3), 645-685.
2009
Conference Publication
Trafficking in Persons in Australia: Myths and Realities
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2009). Trafficking in Persons in Australia: Myths and Realities. Conference, Cairns, 111.
2008
Conference Publication
Mafias and motorbikes: New organised crime offences in Australia
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2008). Mafias and motorbikes: New organised crime offences in Australia. Attorney General's Department, Canberra, March 14, 2008.
2008
Book Chapter
Transnational organized crime and international criminal law
Schloenhardt, Andreas (2008). Transnational organized crime and international criminal law. International Criminal Law, Volume 1: Sources, Subjects, and Contents. (pp. 939-962) edited by M. Cherif Bassiouni. Leiden, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. doi: 10.1163/ej.9789004165328.i-1086
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, Australian Federal Police, Canberra, March 14, 2008.
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.
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: 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
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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