At any rate, as long as there is no theoretical, international or constitutional foundation to recognize re-election as a human right, it should be conceived as an autonomous clause, linked with the right to political participation and of the right to stand for election. In any case, term limits or other limitations of the right to run for office in different ways, for example, prohibiting re-election of political officers, restricting the number of consecutive terms an official can serve or forbidding consecutive re-election of any public official, impose restrictions on the human right to political participation. As such, they must be justified by a legitimate aim, be necessary in a democratic society, and be reasonable.