Yes. There are tons of methods in the web on how to do exactly this and you can find them useful on your own laptop, though I have to warn you that setting this up in another laptop that you don't own is unethical and you can be sued if you are caught red-handed. Also, if you're knowledgeable enough to code, you can set up a few scripts that will tell your laptop to activate camera recording whenever you're away or you know you wouldn't be using your laptop.
It is again entirely possible if you are well-versed in coding. You can create an app which acts like the ones they use on RDP or just remotely control your laptop and check on it every now and then to see whether someone has accessed your laptop illegally or not.