National Crime Victims' Rights Week, 2007

Proclamation 8130 of April 20, 2007

National Crime Victims' Rights Week, 2007

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

National Crime Victims' Rights Week is an opportunity
to underscore our commitment to protecting the rights
of crime victims and to recognize those who bring hope
and healing to these individuals and their families.
During this week, we especially remember and mourn the
victims of the senseless acts of violence at Virginia
Tech. A grieving Nation honors the innocent lives lost
in this tragedy, and we pray for the families of the
victims.

My Administration is committed to helping safeguard our
communities and to ensuring that the rights of those
who have been victimized by crime are protected. My
Family Justice Center Initiative, announced in 2003, is
now providing assistance and services for victims of
domestic violence at centers nationwide. Additionally,
last year I signed into law the Adam Walsh Child
Protection and Safety Act of 2006, which helps protect
our youth by increasing the penalties for crimes
against children and creating a National Child Abuse
Registry. My Administration also supports a Crime
Victims' Rights Amendment to the Constitution to
further protect the basic rights of crime victims.

During National Crime Victims' Rights Week and
throughout the year, we remember and are grateful to
our Nation's victim service providers, volunteers, law
enforcement, and community organizations that support
victims of crime through their commitment and
compassion. To find out more information about victims'
rights and volunteer opportunities, individuals may
visit www.crimevictims.gov. Together, we can help
ensure that crime victims have the rights and
protections they deserve.

NOW, THEREFORE I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United
States, do hereby proclaim April 22 through April 28,
2007, as National Crime Victims' Rights Week. I
encourage all Americans to help raise awareness and
promote the cause of victims' rights in their
communities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twentieth day of April, in the year of our Lord two
thousand seven, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and thirty-first.