The European Court of Human Rights found Swiss pension rules discriminated against men . The existing pension rules stipulate that widows who have lost their husbands can receive pensions for the rest of their lives, while widowers who have lost their widows will not be able to continue to receive pensions after the children become adults. The European Court of Human Rights has deemed male breadwinners a thing of the past. The case was brought by Swiss Max Beeler. His wife died in a car accident in the 1990s. At the age of 41, he quit his job to care for his two young children and was supported by a pension. In 2010 his youngest son came of age and pension payments stopped. Beeler, who has been out of work for a long time, lodged an appeal and a local court decided he could return to work, while the widow could not. Beeler believes she has been discriminated against and appeals to the European Court of Human Rights. The human rights tribunal found that the role of women in the workplace had changed and that Switzerland’s breach of the European Convention on Human Rights constituted discrimination against men. The ruling is expected to restart debate in Switzerland over how much power European judges have over Swiss domestic law.
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