UQ’s TC Beirne School of Law is offering a new student exchange option from 2011 with the Faculty of Law at the University of Vienna in Austria.
17 November 2010Initial investigations by a team of UQ law student researchers into whether the new Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme (PSWPS) represents “slavery or salvation” for unskilled migrant workers will be presented at a public lecture next week.
13 September 2010
A new study by UQ’s Human Trafficking Working Group has found that Australia’s response to human trafficking has been preoccupied with sex trafficking and has failed to address trafficking in children and labour.
10 May 2010Two UQ Law researchers leave for Islamabad this week to assist Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in its efforts to stop the smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons.
21 January 2010The anti-organised crime law proposed by Queensland’s Premier and Attorney-General is counterproductive and may make the suppression and prevention of organised crime more difficult, according to a University of Queensland law academic.
26 August 2009Research by UQ’s Human Trafficking Working Group, led by a law academic, has found that after 10 years of brothel licensing in Queensland, most of the state’s prostitution industry remains unregulated or illegal.
10 August 2009Legal experts from UQ will head to Tanzania in August to investigate the country’s capacity to prosecute and sentence cases of environmental crime and corruption.
26 June 2009
UQ’s Dr Andreas Schloenhardt cautions police and legislators to not adopt ill-conceived reactionary measures to recent gang related violence despite the renewed calls for tougher action.
25 March 2009In response to recent cases of human trafficking in Far North Queensland, UQ researchers are visiting Townsville and Cairns this week to investigate and present preliminary findings at public forums. The Cairns public forum is tonight.
6 February 2009The University of Queensland's Dr Andreas Schloenhardt doubts that the Government’s abolishment of the “Pacific Solution” is inviting migrant smugglers to bring asylum seekers to Australia.
5 December 2008UQ’s Human Trafficking Working Group has launched a website providing background, case reports, publications and presentations on human trafficking in Australia.
5 December 2008The University of Queensland has paid tribute to its emerging research leaders, awarding more than $800,000 at the annual UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards.
23 September 2008Australia and Canada's records in combating human trafficking were among the worst in the developed world, according to a University of Queensland researcher.
22 September 2008UQ researchers will reveal the myths and realities of human trafficking in Australia at a public forum on September 22.
10 September 2008Convicting organised crime gangs, such as the Mafia, outlaw motorcycle gangs and Chinese Triads, may soon become easier through a project involving UQ researcher, Dr Andreas Schloenhardt.
23 June 2008UQ law students are taking action to help raise awareness of and prevent human trafficking in Australia.
12 March 2008A new journal published by The University of Queensland is giving law students a taste of academic life.
3 March 2008Drug trafficking in Asia and international pornography rings are some of the topics that will be debated at an international crime roundtable on June 14.
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