Switzerland discriminating against men on pension benefits, ECHR finds- PublishedThe Swiss government is discriminating against men in its rules on pension benefits, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found.Had Mr Beeler been a woman, the payments would have continued for the rest of his life, regardless of whether or not he had children.It argued that widowers with childcare responsibilities could be expected to return to work once those children became adults, while the same was not true of widows.The ECHR is an international court based in Strasbourg in France, which rules on alleged violations of the European Convention on Human Rights.The convention has 46 signatories, including several countries, like Switzerland, which are not members of the European Union."