In February, 2020 the WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission on child health and wellbeing launched its report 1 Clark H Coll-Seck AM Banerjee A et al. A future for the world's children? A WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission. Lancet. 2020; 395: 605-658 Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (288) Google Scholar and called for renewed commitment to children's fundamental rights as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), 2 UNUN Convention on the Rights of the Child. https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=IND&mtdsg_no=IV-11&chapter=4&clang=_enDate: 1989 Date accessed: April 12, 2022 Google Scholar an international legal framework adopted in 1989. The Commission's report, and the Commissioners’ July, 2020 Comment on the potential for the COVID-19 pandemic to reverse gains made in children's health, 3 The WHO–UNICEF–Lancet CommissionersAfter Covid-19, a future for the world's children?. Lancet. 2020; 396: 298-300 Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (34) Google Scholar underlined the uncertainties children face, including climate change, political instability, inequities perpetuating intergenerational cycles of poverty, and predatory commercial practices. The WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission's report also makes recommendations for building a better future for children by placing them at the centre of global, regional, and national development agendas and by holding governments to account for fulfilling children's rights through a robust monitor, review, and act cycle. 1 Clark H Coll-Seck AM Banerjee A et al. A future for the world's children? A WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission. Lancet. 2020; 395: 605-658 Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (288) Google Scholar This cycle depends on the availability of an accountability mechanism that showcases country performance across the four dimensions of the CRC: children's right to be healthy, protected, educated, and fairly treated and heard. 2 UNUN Convention on the Rights of the Child. https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=IND&mtdsg_no=IV-11&chapter=4&clang=_enDate: 1989 Date accessed: April 12, 2022 Google Scholar