Dr Joseph Lelliott
Senior Lecturer
TC Beirne School of Law
+61 7 336 53396
Researcher biography
Dr Joseph Lelliott is a Senior Lecturer at the TC Beirne School of Law, teaching courses in criminal law, advanced crime and criminology, and international human rights law. He is a co-author of the textbook Criminal Law in Queensland and an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He holds undergraduate degrees in Law and Arts and a PhD in Law.
Joseph's research interests broadly lie in criminalisation and the scope and impact of criminal or otherwise punitive measures. He has particular expertise on the interrelated phenomena of migrant smuggling and human trafficking and is a co-editor of a commentary on the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols on smuggling, trafficking, and firearms (OUP, 2023). Joseph also frequently serves as a consultant to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on issues related to smuggling and trafficking. He has authored or contributed to various UNODC publications, including the Legislative Guide to the Trafficking Protocol and other reports, issue papers, and case analyses. Joseph has a particular interest in the smuggling and trafficking of children (the topic of his PhD thesis) and has published numerous articles and chapters on migrant children.
Joseph is also currently working on a project concerning the criminalisation of threats. This includes an ongoing study on threats of fire in the context of domestic and family violence.
Joseph provides assistance to the Queensland Supreme and District Courts' Criminal Directions Bench Book committee.
Publications
Books
Schloenhardt, Andreas, Lelliott, Joseph and Tessmann, Carl (2023). Criminal law in Queensland. Sydney, NSW Australia: Thomson Reuters.
Schloenhardt, Andreas and Lelliott, Joseph (2020). Criminal law in Queensland: principles, offences and defences. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Thomson Reuters.
Book Chapters
Schloenhardt, Andreas and Lelliott, Joseph (2023). Article 31: Prevention. UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: A Commentary. (pp. 305-314) edited by Andreas Schloenhardt, Francesco Calderoni, Joseph Lelliott and Bettina Weißer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/law/9780192847522.003.0032
Lelliott, Joseph (2023). Article 14: Saving Clause. UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: a commentary. (pp. 502-506) edited by Andreas Schloenhardt, Francesco Calderoni, Joseph Lelliott and Bettina Weißer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
McAdam, Marika and Lelliott, Joseph (2023). Introduction: The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: A Commentary.. (pp. 371-385) edited by Andreas Schloenhardt, Francesco Calderoni, Joseph Lelliott and Bettina Weißer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Lelliott, Joseph (2023). Article 8: Repatriation of Victims of Trafficking in Persons. UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: a commentary. (pp. 459-470) edited by Andreas Schloenhardt, Francesco Calderoni, Joseph Lelliott and Bettina Weißer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/law/9780192847522.003.0052
Lelliott, Joseph (2023). Article 9: Prevention of Trafficking in Persons. UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: a commentary. (pp. 472-482) edited by Andreas Schloenhardt, Francesco Calderoni, Joseph Lelliott and Bettina Weißer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/law/9780192847522.003.0053
Lelliott, Joseph and Miller, Rebecca (2023). The nexus between corruption, migrant smuggling, and human trafficking in Southeast Asia. Migration in Southeast Asia: IMISCOE Regional Reader. (pp. 195-215) edited by Sriprapha Petcharamesree and Mark P. Capaldi. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-25748-3_11
Lelliott, Joseph (2023). Article 25: Assistance to and Protection of Victims. UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: A Commentary. (pp. 273-280) edited by Andreas Schloenhardt, Francesco Calderoni, Joseph Lelliott and Bettina Weißer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/law/9780192847522.003.0026
Lelliott, Joseph (2023). Article 24: Protection of Witnesses. UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: A Commentary. (pp. 263-272) edited by Andreas Schloenhardt, Francesco Calderoni, Joseph Lelliott and Bettina Weißer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/law/9780192847522.003.0025
Lelliott, Joseph (2023). Article 7: Cooperation. UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: a commentary. (pp. 589-596) edited by Andreas Schloenhardt, Francesco Calderoni, Joseph Lelliott and Bettina Weißer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/law/9780192847522.003.0073
Lelliott, Joseph (2023). Article 8: Measures to Combat Smuggling of Migrants by Sea. UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: a commentary. (pp. 597-606) edited by Andreas Schloenhardt, Francesco Calderoni, Joseph Lelliott and Bettina Weißer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Lelliott, Joseph (2023). Article 18: Return of Smuggled Migrants. UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: a commentary. (pp. 659-670) edited by Andreas Schloenhardt, Francesco Calderoni, Joseph Lelliott and Bettina Weißer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/law/9780192847522.003.0084
Lelliott, Joseph (2023). Article 6: Assistance and Protection of Victims of Trafficking in Persons. UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: A Commentary.. (pp. 438-452) edited by Andreas Schloenhardt, Francesco Calderoni, Joseph Lelliott and Bettina Weißer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/law/9780192847522.003.0050
Lelliott, Joseph (2023). Article 15: Other Prevention Measures. UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: a commentary. (pp. 641-646) edited by Andreas Schloenhardt, Francesco Calderoni, Joseph Lelliott and Bettina Weißer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/law/9780192847522.003.0081
Lelliott, Joseph (2023). Article 7: Status of Victims of Trafficking in Receiving States. UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: A Commentary.. (pp. 453-458) edited by Andreas Schloenhardt, Francesco Calderoni, Joseph Lelliott and Bettina Weißer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/law/9780192847522.003.0051
Lelliott, Joseph (2023). Article 19: Saving Clause. UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: a commentary. (pp. 671-676) edited by Andreas Schloenhardt, Francesco Calderoni, Joseph Lelliott and Bettina Weißer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/law/9780192847522.003.0085
Lelliott, Joseph (2023). Article 16: Protection and Assistance Measures. UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: a commentary. (pp. 647-656) edited by Andreas Schloenhardt, Francesco Calderoni, Joseph Lelliott and Bettina Weißer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/law/9780192847522.003.0082
Lelliott, Joseph (2023). Article 5: Criminalization. UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: A Commentary. (pp. 429-436) edited by Andreas Schloenhardt, Francesco Calderoni, Joseph Lelliott and Bettina Weißer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/law/9780192847522.003.0049
Lelliott, Joseph (2023). Article 9: Safeguard Clauses. UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: a commentary. (pp. 607-614) edited by Andreas Schloenhardt, Francesco Calderoni, Joseph Lelliott and Bettina Weißer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/law/9780192847522.003.0075
Lelliott, Joseph and Harpur, Paul (2021). Paradigm shifting to a point: disability human rights, copyright protection, and access to visual art in international law. International perspectives on disability exceptions in copyright and the visual arts: feeling art. (pp. 75-90) edited by Jani McCutcheon and Ana Ramalho. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429342677-9
Lelliott, Joseph (2020). International law relating to wildlife trafficking: an overview. Wildlife trafficking: the illicit trade in wildlife, animal parts, and derivatives. (pp. 125-147) edited by Gian Ege, Andreas Schloenhardt and Christian Schwarzenegger. Berlin, Germany: Carl Grossmann. doi: 10.24921/2020.94115945
Lelliott, Joseph (2019). Children’s rights and crimmigration controls: examining Australia’s treatment of unaccompanied minors. Crimmigration in Australia: Law, Politics, and Society. (pp. 275-301) edited by Peter Billings. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-9093-7_12
Schloenhardt, Andreas and Lelliott, Joseph (2018). Migrant children and the United Nations protocols against smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons. Protecting migrant children: in search of best practice. (pp. 114-135) edited by Mary Crock and Lenni B. Benson. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar.
Journal Articles
Joseph Lelliott and Rebecca Wallis (2023). Threats of fire in the context of domestic and family violence: views on prevalence, forms and contexts from service providers in Queensland. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 35 (2), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/10345329.2022.2161844
Lelliott, Joseph (2022). Unaccompanied children in limbo: the causes and consequences of uncertain legal status. International Journal of Refugee Law, 34 (1), 1-30. doi: 10.1093/ijrl/eeac024
Lelliott, Joseph (2022). Unaccompanied children in limbo in the United States' immigration system. Court of Conscience, 16, 51-56.
Lelliott, Joseph, Schloenhardt, Andreas and Ioannou, Ruby (2021). Pandemics, punishment, and public health: COVID-19 and criminal law in Australia. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 44 (1), 166-195.
Lelliott, Joseph, Lim, Phylicia and Lu, Maeve (2021). Dousing Threats and the Criminal Law in Queensland: Do We Need a New Offence?. Alternative Law Journal, 46 (4) 1037969X2110299, 1-6. doi: 10.1177/1037969x211029961
Lelliott, Joseph, Schloenhardt, Andreas, Causer, Lauren and Skeen, Madeleine (2020). More scope for murder: reckless indifference in Queensland's criminal code. Criminal Law Journal, 44 (1), 19-31.
Schloenhardt, Andreas, Lelliott, Joseph, Kretowicz, Anna, Harduwar, Omar, McFadden, Rory and Sweeney, Greta (2019). 20 years of torture: reflections on s320A of Queensland's criminal code. Criminal Law Journal, 43 (1), 58-68.
Lelliott, Joseph (2018). Protecting the Rights of Children Accused of Migrant Smuggling: Lessons from the Australian Context. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 24 (1), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/1323238X.2018.1438032
Lelliott, Joseph (2018). Italy's 'Zampa' Law: Increasing Protection for Unaccompanied Children. Forced Migration Review, 57, 79-81.
Lelliott, Joseph (2017). Smuggled and trafficked unaccompanied minors: towards a coherent, protection-based approach in international law. International Journal of Refugee Law, 29 (2), 238-269. doi: 10.1093/ijrl/eex024
Conference Papers
Lelliott, Joseph (2023). Transnational Organised Crime and Pollution Offences. UNODC Expert Group Meeting, Vienna, Austria, 20-23 November 2023.
Lelliott, Joseph, Wallis, Rebecca and Rimer, Jonah (2023). The criminalisation of threats. Annual Criminal Law Research Workshop, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 9-10 February 2023.
Lelliott, Joseph (2022). The legislative framework on migrant smuggling in malaysia: a gap analysis. National Consultation on the Legal Gap Analysis on Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Legislation in Malaysia, Malaysia, 8 September 2022.
Lelliott, Joseph (2021). What’s in the law? Legal issues in trafficking in persons. 2021 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Knowledge Week, Vienna, 4-8 October 2021.
Lelliott, Joseph (2021). The Concept of 'Harbouring' in the Trafficking in Persons Protocol. UNODC Expert Group Consultation, Vienna, Austria, 5 March 2021.
Lelliott, Joseph (2020). Refugee Children in Australia. Australian Perspectives on Disability and Social Inclusion, Harvard Law School, 25 February 2020.
Joseph Lelliott (2019). Uncertainty, insecurity, and rightlessness: the impacts of lack of legal status on unaccompanied children. Kaldor Centre Emerging Scholars Workshop, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 November 2019.
Lelliott, Joseph (2019). Unaccompanied Children in ‘Legal Limbo’: Preventing Trafficking in Persons. Perspectives on Modern Slavery, Crawley, WA, Australia, 16 September 2019.
Lelliott, Joseph (2019). Unaccompanied Children in “Legal Limbo”: The Human Rights and Health Consequences of Precarious Status. Children, Migration and the Right to Health Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, 25-26 July 2019.
Lelliott, Joseph (2017). Protecting unaccompanied minors: Addressing challenges and developing best practice. Kaldor Centre Emerging Scholars Workshop, University of New South Wales, November 2017.
Lelliott, Joseph (2017). The involvement of Indonesian children in migrant smuggling to Australia: characteristics, punishment, and protection. Smuggling Workshop 2017: The Theory and Praxis of Irregular Migration Facilitation, El Paso, TX, United States, 6 April 2017.
Thesis
Lelliott, Joseph Alexander (2018). The smuggling of unaccompanied minors: international law and domestic contexts. PhD Thesis, T C Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.794
Newspaper Articles
Lelliott, Joseph, Wallis, Rebecca and Antrobus, Emma (2024, 07 29). Tackling youth crime Why a 'crackdown' isn't the answer UQ Contact Magazine
Lelliott, Joseph (2022, 11 28). International Day for Abolition of Slavery UQ Contact Magazine
Billings, Peter and Lelliott, Joseph (2019, 09 06). Minister's 'God-like' powers can be put to better use in Biloela Tamil family's case The Guardian
Generic Documents
Research Reports
Thomas, Natalie, Lelliott, Joseph, Barber, Tayla and Spierings, Shea (2023). Literature review: rationalising the criminal law in Queensland (report prepared for the Department of Justice and Attorney-General). Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Lelliott, Joseph, Wallis, Rebecca and Noble-Dickinson, Lucy (2022). Dousing threats and DFV: media reporting. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Lelliott, Joseph and Wallis, Rebecca (2022). Dousing threats and DFV: prevalence, forms, and context. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Lelliott, Joseph (2021). The concept of ‘harbouring’ in the Trafficking in Persons Protocol. Vienna, Austria: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
Lelliott, Joseph (2021). Corruption as a facilitator of smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons. Bangkok, Thailand: UNODC.
Seminar Papers
Lelliott, Joseph and Wallis, Rebecca (2022). Dousing threats and DFV. UQ Gendered Violence Group. The University of Queensland.
Lelliott, Joseph, Wallis, Rebecca, Moriarty, Gerard and Noble-Dickinson, Lucy (2022). Dousing threats in the context of domestic and family violence. TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland.