The purpose of this article is to present the right to trial as a basic guarantee of the implementation of the principle of good governance within the meaning of the European Court of Human Rights. The importance of the principle of good governance in the relations between public authorities and citizens was emphasized in the Strasbourg case law. The article discusses the following issues: the concept of the right to a trial, the relationship between the right to a trial and quasi-judicial proceedings, European standards and models of review of the constitutionality of law.