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reckless driving 2026.08.31 Innocent car owners punished for reckless driving – Legal researchers raise concerns Danish legislation allows confiscation of vehicles used for reckless driving - even when the owner is not the offender, prompting legal criticism from UCPH researchers.
2026.08.05 Jacob Graff Nielsen becomes the new dean at Aalborg University After more than 12 years as dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen, Jacob Graff Nielsen has decided to seek new challenges in North Jutland.
solitary confinement 2026.05.25 ‘Voluntary’ solitary confinement makes prisoners in Danish prisons ill Eight per cent of prisoners in Danish prisons choose so‑called voluntary solitary confinement to avoid violence from other inmates. However, this ‘voluntary’ isolation is unregulated, and many vulnerable prisoners experience long periods of isolation as deeply harmful and as a form of double punishment, new research from the University of Copenhagen and the Danish Institute for Human Rights shows.
