He joined the board of trustees of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)'s ""Desiderius Erasmus Foundation" think tank in 2018 In 2019 he spoke before the Menschenrechtsausschuss (Human Rights Committee) of the Bundestag, in March on the issue of humanitarian aid and in September on the issue of impunity. On this occasion de Zayas was invited as an expert by the AfD to speak on multilateralism in the 21st century, a lecture which he gave in the aula maxima of the University of Tuebingen in May 2019.