After becoming a
Member of the European Parliament, Lochbihler served on the
Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), including as chairwoman from 2011 until 2014. She was also a member of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and the parliament's delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Within her
Greens–European Free Alliance parliamentary group, Lochbihler served as the human rights and foreign policy spokesperson. Already in 2016, Lochbihler announced that she would not stand in the
2019 European elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term. ==Other activities==