Abstract The year 2020 brought the second advisory opinion under Protocol No. 16 of the Convention. The Grand Chamber dealt in a number of cases with core democratic values and harshly criticized in Selahattin Demirtaş the Turkish domestic authorities’ behavior towards oppositional politicians. Furthermore, it rendered for the first time a decision in an inter-State case between active EU members. In relation to Article 8 of the Convention, the Court emphasized that certain conditions trigger States’ positive obligations to provide access to safe drinking water.