1997 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The term Genocost means genocide for economic gains. "A regime of destruction of a population through the systemic economic exploitation of its vital resources, the disintegration of its socioeconomic structures, and durable harms to its environment, when such effects are willed, known, or accepted as a necessary cost of profit or geoeconomic domination". The expression, referring to the human, social, and economic cost of armed conflicts linked to the exploitation of natural resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been incorporated into the national legal framework. Law No. 22/