Abstract
ABSTRACT This study of detention by United Nations (UN) peacekeepers in South Sudan shows how practices shaped the development of a new detention institution and its infrastructure. A first-of-its-kind qualitative analysis of the everyday of UN peacekeeping detention, the article examines life and work in the ‘holding facilities’ in the UN protection of civilian sites, which the officers dubbed ‘Guantánamo on the Nile’, due to ambiguities surrounding their work. The article conceptualises practice-driven institutional change and provides a granular account of the ambiguities and ethical dilemmas, which are part of the everyday of detention on the frontlines of protection and peacekeeping.
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