Dr. Moustafa Elfeki, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandria, will head an intellectual gathering entitled “Human Rights and Double Standards” on Tuesday, 22 December 2020. This event aims to highlight the discrepancy between Egypt’s belief in the noble values and ideals of the human rights system – which Egypt had vigorously taken part, alongside other world countries, in drafting its charters and the international conventions emanating from it since the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948 – and the attempts made by major Powers to use the defense of human rights as a pretext for interfering in the internal affairs of Egypt. These attempts, which in turn are based on many prejudices and fallacies, lead to the perpetuation of the policy of double standards that serves the interests of certain regional and international Powers.
The gathering will witness the participation of Dr. Shawki Allam, the Grand Mufti of Egypt; Anba Ermia, Director of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center; Mr. Mohamed Fayik, President of the National Council for Human Rights; Mr. Mohamed Ragai Attia, President of the Bar Association; Dr. Ali El-din Helal, Professor of Political Sciences at Cairo University; Dr. Doria Sharaf El-din, former Minister of Information; and Ambassador Ahmed Ehab Gamal El-din, Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights.
The event will be held at 5:00 pm, at a major hotel in Cairo.