Presidential Document2022-09137
National Crime Victims' Rights Week, 2022
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April 27, 2022
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April 22, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 27, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09137]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87 , No. 81 / Wednesday, April 27, 2022 /
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Proclamation 10374 of April 22, 2022
National Crime Victims' Rights Week, 2022
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Forty years ago, the President's Task Force on Victims
of Crime was established to help those who had
experienced crime and their families--an important step
toward the protection of and support for victims'
rights. Over the years, crime victims' rights have
evolved. Dedicated professionals have worked to develop
support and services for survivors that are more
holistic, trauma-informed, and effective at overcoming
systemic barriers that certain communities face in
prosecuting offenders and obtaining justice. However,
more work remains to be done to advance these goals.
During National Crime Victims' Rights Week, our Nation
renews our commitment to providing survivors of crime
the support they need to heal. We honor the dedicated
victim service providers who support crime victims, and
we continue to advance this important cause for all
people.
Delivering true justice requires that we provide all
victims with the support they need. Persistent barriers
still prevent many survivors from receiving the
services they need and the justice they deserve. Many
crimes--including violent crimes, such as rape and
sexual assault--often go unreported to law enforcement
because, among other concerns, victims fear placing
themselves in further danger and negative interactions
with the criminal justice system. My Administration is
also working to tackle the epidemic of gun violence,
which is a public health and public safety crisis. In
the absence of necessary Congressional action, my
Administration is taking action to get illegal guns--
and those who would use them to commit crimes--off of
our streets.
Victims of crime not only face physical and emotional
costs, they often suffer a serious economic toll as
well, and this is another area in which my
Administration is making progress. The Crime Victims
Fund, established through the Victims of Crime Act
(VOCA), helps provide critical resources for victim
services and victim compensation programs throughout
the country. That is why, last July, I signed the VOCA
Fix to Sustain the Crime Victim Fund Act into law to
strengthen VOCA and increase the revenues to support
survivors of crime and victim services organizations.
My Administration is supporting innovative programs
like sexual assault telehealth services and hospital-
based victim assistance, enabling providers to quickly
reach more survivors and reduce repeated victimization.
I am also proud to have recently signed into law the
reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act
(VAWA), which funds programs that provide services to
survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual
assault, and stalking. This reauthorization of VAWA
also expands the rights of victims of technology-
facilitated gender-based violence and also includes
historic Tribal provisions to protect Native
communities and help them pursue justice.
Strengthening public safety also means addressing the
trauma and inequality of victimization experienced by
communities of color, Native American communities, the
LGBTQI+ community, the Asian American community, and
other historically marginalized groups. People of color
suffer higher rates
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of victimization, and violence is disproportionally
concentrated in neighborhoods that have been harmed
persistently by racial discrimination, segregation,
redlining, and disinvestment. Breaking the cycle of
violence enhances public safety, public health, and
equity. We also know that members of the LGBTQI+
community are more likely to be victims of violent
crime.
My Administration is committed to using all tools at
our disposal to ensure every survivor of crime has
equal access to the resources and services they need to
recover from their ordeals and regain a feeling of
safety. To address a surge in hate crimes and bias-
motivated attacks--and to provide law enforcement with
the resources to identify and investigate hate crimes,
I signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law. As part
of this law, we have funded a new Center for Culturally
Responsive Victim Services to help local programs
better serve historically marginalized communities.
In addition to supporting crime victims, we must also
hold offenders accountable. That is why the Departments
of Justice and Homeland Security are committed to
investigating and enforcing our criminal and civil laws
and ensuring that Federal, State, local, territorial,
and Tribal law enforcement officers and prosecutors
receive the training and resources they need to deliver
justice to victims.
It takes enormous courage and extraordinary strength to
emerge from life's most painful moments. As a Nation,
let us all work together to stop crimes before they
happen and to give victims the support they need to
restore a sense of trust and safety and to move toward
healing and justice.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 24
through April 30, 2022, National Crime Victims' Rights
Week. I call upon all Americans to observe this week by
participating in events that raise awareness of
victims' rights and services and by volunteering to
serve victims in their time of need.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-second day of April, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
sixth.
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