This week was supposed to be a step forward for Brazil: Resolution 310—a crucial  resolution requiring that prosecutors lead investigations into police killings and that those investigations comply with international standards—was scheduled to take effect.  Instead, the resolution is on ice.  After years of advocacy by Human Rights Watch and other organizations, the National Council of the Offices of the Prosecutors approved the resolution in 2025, the deadliest year on record for police violence, with 6,588 killings. Among them were 117 young men who died in a low-income neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro on October 28, 2025. Five police officers were also killed in that  raid . Prosecutors were supposed to comply with Resolution 310 from May 7, 2026. However, the council has  postponed full implementation for a year to give Prosecutors’ Offices around the country more time to prepare.…