M.4. The perpetrator intended that his action would commence the execution of the crime

M.4.1. The perpetrator meant to engage in the conduct;

M.4.2. The perpetrator meant to cause the consequence of crime; OR

M.4.3. The perpetrator was aware that the consequence will occur in the ordinary course of events.

M.4.4. The perpetrator was aware of the circumstance of the crime.

M.4. The perpetrator intended that his action would commence the execution of the crime

M.4.1. The perpetrator meant to engage in the conduct;

A. Legal source/authority and evidence:

Albin Eser, "Individual criminal responsibility" in Antonia Cassese et al., eds, The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: a Commentary, Vol. 1 (2002), p. 811:

"[T]he perpetrator must therefore have anticipated all elements of the crime to be committed and decided to carry it out to full completion."

"[S]ubparagraph (f) obviously does not require an intent different from that according to Article 30.¹⁹⁷"

"¹⁹⁷ Cf. Ch. 23 below."

Kai Ambos "Article 25" in Otto Triffterer, ed, Commentary on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1999), p. 489:

"[The perpetrator] intends (wants, desires) to commit the offence. In other words, the perpetrator has the normal mens rea (as in the case of a completed offence), what lacks attempt is a complete actus reus, since "the harm is absent" ⁸⁶."

"⁸⁶ G. Fletcher, supra note 6, 171."

M.4.2. The perpetrator meant to cause the consequence of crime; OR

M.4.3. The perpetrator was aware that the consequence will occur in the ordinary course of events.

M.4.4. The perpetrator was aware of the circumstance of the crime.