12. 各位条约机构主席在哥斯达黎加举行的第二十七届年度会议上提出了同美洲人权委员会加强合作的建议，并欢迎哥斯达黎加关于对条约机构体系的未来进行学术思考的呼吁。各位主席还支持针对恐吓或报复的准则(《圣何塞准则》) 并建议所有条约机构通过该准则，有些条约机构已这样做。
12. At their twenty-seventh annual meeting, held in Costa Rica, the Chairs of the treaty bodies formulated proposals for strengthened cooperation with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and welcomed the call by Costa Rica for an academic process of reflection on the future of the treaty body system. The Chairs also endorsed the Guidelines against Intimidation or Reprisals (the San José Guidelines) and recommended them for adoption by all treaty bodies, some of which have meanwhile done so.